Design Release Engineer H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Mechanical Engineers (SOC 17-2141).

Employers filed 36 wage applications for Design Release Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 12 employers. The median offered wage was $116,480, 2.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. General Motors filed the most (15, median $131,490).

Filings: 36
Positions covered: 37
Employers: 12
Median offered: $116,480
Median prevailing wage: $102,731
Filings since FY2020: 312
Median offer change since FY2020: +22%

Design Release Engineer, all employers36 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$116,480Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$93,642 to $129,288Where the middle half of the filings fall

$102,731Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Design Release Engineer jobs rose 22%, from $90,000 in fiscal 2020 to $110,240 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 1.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 64 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.

Design Release Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	29	$110,240	−2.7%	$97,573	+1.9%
2025	51	$113,294	+3.0%	$102,107	+8.7%
2024	63	$110,000	+9.4%	$87,776	+12.6%
2023	27	$100,589	−4.2%	$85,946	+12.6%
2022	64	$105,000	+5.0%	$84,032	+22.6%
2021	55	$100,000	+11.1%	$82,555	+16.1%
2020	23	$90,000	n/a	$81,162	+14.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
General Motors	15	$131,490	+4.9%
Solize USA Corporation	5	$99,840	+6.4%
Hinduja Tech Inc.	3	$76,752	at the minimum
Pentangle Tech Services LLC	2	$90,501	+6.1%
Engineering Technology Associates, Inc.	2	$85,746	at the minimum
Dorle Controls LLC	2	$93,642	at the minimum
TOOGANN Technologies, LLC	2	$105,789	+3.8%
iCode Technologies LLC	1	$97,760	+1.4%
KineticAI Inc	1	$93,000	+4.8%
Fca US LLC	1	$124,003	at the minimum
Optimal, inc.	1	$93,642	at the minimum

Showing the 11 employers with the most filings of 12. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Design Release Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Warren, MI	16	$129,435	+4.6%
Auburn Hills, MI	7	$93,642	at the minimum
Novi, MI	3	$85,717	at the minimum
Raymond, OH	3	$99,840	+2.3%
Dearborn, MI	2	$90,501	+6.1%
Farmingon Hills, MI	1	$131,197	+21.9%
Farmington Hills, MI	1	$116,480	+6.4%
Mi, MI	1	$97,760	+1.4%
Rochester Hills, MI	1	$93,000	+4.8%
Southfield, MI	1	$117,936	+7.7%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry9%

Level II, qualified33%

Level III, experienced24%

Level IV, fully competent33%

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.
2 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.