H-1B job title salary

Mechanical Design Engineer

#127 most-filed title 454 certified LCAs filed under 6 occupations
Median salary
$100,000
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$85,010 – $138,045
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+10.52%
+7.17% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.1%
454 filings

Mechanical Design Engineer pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$75,000
P25$85,010
Median$100,000
P75$138,045
P90$158,348
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$77,31497 LCAs
Level II$95,340224 LCAs
Level III$153,72075 LCAs
Level IV$167,00027 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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Mechanical Design Engineer pay by occupation code

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Mechanical Engineers 96%Industrial Engineers 2%Commercial and Industrial Designers 1%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Mechanical Engineers 17-2141 95.81% 435 $85,010 $100,000 $137,625
Industrial Engineers 17-2112 1.76% 8 $85,652 $122,271 $140,418
Commercial and Industrial Designers 27-1021 1.1% 5 $65,000 $83,200 $100,305

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

Top H-1B sponsors for Mechanical Design Engineer

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer LCAs Median vs all sponsors
Tesla
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 109 $149,636 +49.6%
L&t Technology
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 44 $91,500 -8.5%
Veenus Infotechs
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 28 $83,200 -16.8%
Technosoft
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 19 $90,000 -10%
Tech Mahindra Americas
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 12 $85,010 -15%
Honda Development & Manufacturing Of
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 10 $99,000 -1%
Kla
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 7 $160,000 +60%
Intuitive Surgical Operations
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 6 $164,298 +64.3%
Rivian Automotive
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 6 $135,900 +35.9%

Exact titles grouped here

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.

  • Senior Mechanical Design Engineer83 LCAs · median $153,252
  • Mechanical Design Engineer II14 LCAs · median $100,000
  • Mechanical Design Senior Engineer11 LCAs · median $100,000

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