Controls Engineer H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Electrical Engineers (SOC 17-2071).

Employers filed 217 wage applications for Controls Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 142 employers. The median offered wage was $97,538, 4.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Quality Design Services, Inc. filed the most (8, median $100,000).

Filings: 217
Positions covered: 216
Employers: 142
Median offered: $97,538
Median prevailing wage: $90,750
Filings since FY2020: 1,150
Median offer change since FY2020: +22%

Controls Engineer, all employers217 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$97,538Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$85,862 to $115,788Where the middle half of the filings fall

$90,750Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Controls Engineer jobs rose 22%, from $80,000 in fiscal 2020 to $97,565 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 4.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 196 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.

Controls Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	174	$97,565	+1.8%	$92,123	+4.1%
2025	196	$95,805	+4.4%	$87,953	+5.5%
2024	167	$91,811	−1.2%	$82,722	+6.8%
2023	162	$92,970	+8.2%	$83,824	+4.8%
2022	138	$85,894	+5.0%	$80,049	+4.5%
2021	144	$81,827	+2.3%	$78,624	+1.5%
2020	169	$80,000	n/a	$74,651	+4.5%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Quality Design Services, Inc.	8	$100,000	+4.3%
Fives DyAG Corporation	7	$95,930	at the minimum
thyssenkrupp Crankshaft Company, LLC	7	$78,000	+26.4%
AME, Inc.	4	$100,000	+2.2%
Gotion Illinois New Energy Inc.	4	$111,500	+6.1%
Intralox, LLC	4	$99,216	+38.5%
S3STAFFINGUSA Inc	4	$85,862	at the minimum
Intellectt Inc	3	$93,600	+1.6%
Cummins Inc.	3	$81,640	at the minimum
L&T Technology Services Limited	3	$90,000	+34.7%
Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America (PECNA)	3	$128,856	+10.0%
Syntegon Technology Services LLC	3	$90,626	+0.2%
Tesla, Inc.	3	$171,391	+45.9%
Nuro, Inc	3	$190,000	+3.9%
Premiere Automation, LLC	2	$102,669	+5.3%
Patti Engineering, Inc.	2	$74,454	at the minimum
Meta Platforms, Inc	2	$201,880	+23.8%
Sovereign Technologies, LLC	2	$100,288	+11.2%
Astec, Inc.	2	$90,374	+8.6%
Dematic Corp.	2	$97,000	+13.7%
PACCAR Engine Company	2	$91,984	+1.8%
BrightSharks Engineering Services LLC	2	$78,791	+9.0%
R&E Automated Systems LLC	2	$74,880	+24.8%
Aimech USA, LLC	2	$72,500	+8.1%
Integrity Controls Services, LLC	2	$101,000	+5.4%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 142. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Controls Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Danville, IL	7	$78,000	+26.4%
Okemos, MI	7	$100,000	+2.7%
Erie, PA	5	$85,862	at the minimum
Sparks, NV	5	$128,856	+13.5%
Hanover, MD	4	$99,216	+38.5%
Manteno, IL	4	$111,500	+6.1%
Austin, TX	3	$124,000	+78.7%
Brooklyn Park, MN	3	$93,600	+1.6%
Chillicothe, IL	3	$85,301	+9.8%
Columbus, MS	3	$78,104	+3.7%
Dallas, TX	3	$113,818	at the minimum
Mountain View, CA	3	$190,000	+3.9%
St. Louis, MO	3	$91,062	at the minimum
Wixom, MI	3	$95,930	at the minimum
Afton, TX	2	$95,000	+2.3%
Auburn Hills, MI	2	$90,974	+8.4%
Bay ST Louis, MS	2	$88,457	+13.4%
Bridgman, MI	2	$117,500	+22.5%
Brighton, MI	2	$112,320	+0.6%
Brooklyn, NY	2	$140,000	+6.8%
Carrollton, TX	2	$122,500	+6.1%
Chattanooga, TN	2	$90,374	+8.6%
Decatur, IL	2	n/a
Fairfield, NJ	2	$106,000	+1.1%
Farmington Hills, MI	2	$89,250	+0.1%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry32%

Level II, qualified43%

Level III, experienced17%

Level IV, fully competent8%

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 employers 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.
5 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.