H-1B job title salary

Tools and Automation Engineer

#333 most-filed title 168 certified LCAs filed under 7 occupations

Median salary

$163,550

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$152,599 – $181,848

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+4.17%

+1.01% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

168 filings

Tools and Automation Engineer pay range

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

P10$132,689

P25$152,599

Median$163,550

P75$181,848

P90$185,979

Median by H-1B wage level

Level II$134,80014 LCAs

Level III$139,15221 LCAs

Level IV$163,55033 LCAs

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

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SOC split

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 73%Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 20%Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 4%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Software Developers 15-1252	73.21%	123	$154,428	$167,375	$181,848
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253	19.64%	33	$134,800	$155,252	$164,154
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072	3.57%	6	$143,544	$162,004	$181,978

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

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
Apple SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	123	$167,375	only sponsor
Apple SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	33	$155,252	only sponsor
Apple SOC 17-2072 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	6	$162,004	only sponsor