Production Engineer
Median salary
$149,822
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$108,488 – $218,533
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
-17.68%
-20.18% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.1%
286 filings
Production Engineer pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$79,020
P25$108,488
Median$149,822
P75$218,533
P90$243,607
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$102,50068 LCAs
Level II$126,30077 LCAs
Level III$209,99345 LCAs
Level IV$222,77269 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Production 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.
Software Developers 47%Industrial Engineers 20%Computer Occupations, All Other 11%Mechanical Engineers 7%Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 3%Computer Network Architects 2%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers 15-1252 | 46.85% | 134 | $178,360 | $215,366 | $231,522 |
| Industrial Engineers 17-2112 | 20.28% | 58 | $81,432 | $94,000 | $138,750 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 | 10.84% | 31 | $116,823 | $140,776 | $173,319 |
| Mechanical Engineers 17-2141 | 6.99% | 20 | $71,260 | $88,343 | $105,676 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 | 3.15% | 9 | $87,672 | $112,275 | $158,704 |
| Computer Network Architects 15-1241 | 2.45% | 7 | $207,720 | $222,772 | $227,067 |
| Computer Programmers 15-1251 | 2.1% | 6 | $117,941 | $131,310 | $132,839 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Production Engineer
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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 Production Engineer17 LCAs · median $134,534
- Production Engineer II13 LCAs · median $111,301