H-1B job title salary

Mechanical Engineer

#33 most-filed title 1,669 certified LCAs filed under 14 occupations
Median salary
$95,000
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$82,680 – $118,810
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+2.63%
-0.48% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.3%
1,669 filings

Mechanical Engineer pay range

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

P10$72,467
P25$82,680
Median$95,000
P75$118,810
P90$145,050
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$78,002484 LCAs
Level II$94,240706 LCAs
Level III$120,547258 LCAs
Level IV$130,000166 LCAs

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

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Mechanical 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 98%Mechanical Engineers, R&D 0%Industrial Engineers 0%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Mechanical Engineers 17-2141 98.02% 1,636 $82,635 $94,786 $118,522
Mechanical Engineers, R&D 17-2144 0.48% 8 $112,546 $126,906 $143,557
Industrial Engineers 17-2112 0.3% 5 $78,208 $82,400 $95,618

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

Top H-1B sponsors for Mechanical 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
L&t Technology
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 75 $91,665 -3.3%
Engineering Technology Associates
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 37 $94,000 -0.8%
Apple
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 36 $154,614 +63.1%
Asm
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 34 $101,504 +7.1%
Tech Mahindra Americas
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 27 $87,901 -7.3%
Veenus Infotechs
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 27 $80,080 -15.5%
Alten Technology
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 26 $84,942 -10.4%
Caresoft Global
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 26 $83,282 -12.1%
Asml Lp
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 22 $106,142 +12%
Applied Materials
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 20 $154,061 +62.5%
Tesla
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 17 $102,170 +7.8%
Schlumberger Technology
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 16 $94,500 -0.3%
Lam Research
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 13 $122,762 +29.5%
Core Tech Construction
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 13 $62,000 -34.6%
Taurus Industrial
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 12 $78,250 -17.4%

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 Engineer158 LCAs · median $131,290
  • Mechanical Engineer II81 LCAs · median $92,726
  • Mechanical Engineer III40 LCAs · median $111,129
  • Senior Mechanical Engineer I28 LCAs · median $101,504
  • Mechanical Engineer I25 LCAs · median $77,000
  • Mechanical Engineer IV9 LCAs · median $130,437
  • Junior Mechanical Engineer9 LCAs · median $75,000
  • Senior Mechanical Engineer II7 LCAs · median $127,026

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