Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. H-1B wage filings
San Jose, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. filed 50 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $135,592, 15.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Sr. Embedded Android Automotive Software Developer (3 filings, median $200,000).
- Filings
- 50
- Positions covered
- 49
- Certified
- 98.0%
- Job titles
- 29
- Worksite cities
- 7
- Filings since FY2020
- 393
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +7%
Offered wage since 2020
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 7%, from $124,500 in fiscal 2020 to $133,601 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 12.8% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 87 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 48 | $133,601 | −13.7% | $120,661 | +12.8% |
| 2025 | 42 | $154,764 | +7.5% | $136,989 | +14.8% |
| 2024 | 53 | $144,000 | +0.7% | $132,579 | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 36 | $142,939 | +19.1% | $138,362 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 87 | $120,000 | −9.4% | $112,736 | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 53 | $132,496 | +6.4% | $126,111 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 74 | $124,500 | n/a | $114,369 | +2.0% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sr. Embedded Android Automotive Software Developer | 3 | $200,000 | +34.0% | |
| Senior Engineer, OBD Calibration | 3 | $125,454 | +5.9% | |
| Senior Powertrain Engineer | 3 | $117,975 | +7.7% | |
| Staff Motor Control Engineer | 3 | $135,592 | +23.8% | |
| AD/ADAS Market Function Owner | 2 | $171,021 | at the minimum | |
| Charging - Interoperability Engineer | 2 | $115,000 | +16.2% | |
| EE Vehicle Update Engineer | 2 | $124,569 | +3.2% | |
| Engineer - OBD PVE | 2 | $110,225 | +38.9% | |
| Product Owner MBOS US Localization | 2 | $111,100 | +10.3% | |
| Sr. AD-ADAS Vehicle Update Engineer | 2 | $133,601 | +2.4% | |
| Senior Development Engineer, Connectivity Systems | 2 | $141,741 | +8.7% | |
| Sr. Engineer Powertrain EE Software | 2 | $137,248 | +21.1% | |
| Senior OBD Compliance Testing Engineer | 2 | $133,008 | +17.3% | |
| Senior Patent Engineer | 2 | $178,279 | +0.5% | |
| Senior Technology Communications Manager | 2 | $160,680 | +17.4% | |
| Staff Engineer Powertrain Calibration | 2 | $148,410 | +18.4% | |
| Systems Engineer | 2 | $176,282 | +30.1% | |
| AD/ADAS Test Engineer | 1 | $145,000 | +9.7% | |
| Autonomous Driving Machine Learning Engineer | 1 | $151,964 | +17.4% | |
| Charging - Interoperability Test Engineer HPC Network | 1 | $118,000 | +12.8% | |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 1 | $127,545 | +6.0% | |
| Emissions and OBD Compliance Test Engineer | 1 | $160,303 | +32.9% | |
| Senior Development Engineer, System Integration AD | 1 | $183,389 | +15.3% | |
| Senior Development Engineer, Telematics | 1 | $129,667 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Engineer, Hardware Development | 1 | $123,358 | +12.6% | |
| Senior Engineer MB Charge Services Test Management | 1 | $130,000 | +15.7% | |
| Senior Engineer Powertrain Software & Calibration | 1 | $129,391 | +18.2% | |
| Staff Business Service Manager | 1 | $182,064 | +4.5% | |
| Staff Engineer, Infotainment Testing | 1 | $155,000 | +8.9% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 12 | $171,021 |
| Farmington Hills, MI | 11 | $129,391 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 9 | $125,454 |
| Long Beach, CA | 8 | $124,569 |
| Atlanta, GA | 5 | $133,601 |
| Seattle, WA | 3 | $200,000 |
| Carson, CA | 2 | $115,000 |
By visa type: 50 H-1B. By outcome: 49 certified, 1 denied.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.