Mechanical Design Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 358 wage applications for Mechanical Design Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 106 employers. The median offered wage was $105,000, 4.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Tesla, Inc. filed the most (120, median $144,973).

Filings: 358
Positions covered: 354
Employers: 106
Median offered: $105,000
Median prevailing wage: $95,347
Filings since FY2020: 2,232
Median offer change since FY2020: +50%

Mechanical Design Engineer, all employers358 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$105,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$88,138 to $135,850Where the middle half of the filings fall

$95,347Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Mechanical Design Engineer jobs rose 50%, from $75,000 in fiscal 2020 to $112,266 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 408 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.

Mechanical Design Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	289	$112,266	+27.9%	$95,680	+6.2%
2025	408	$87,776	+2.2%	$85,290	+1.9%
2024	323	$85,904	+1.5%	$83,013	+1.1%
2023	319	$84,600	+3.5%	$79,914	+4.1%
2022	328	$81,748	+1.8%	$75,369	+3.0%
2021	254	$80,309	+7.1%	$75,109	+1.3%
2020	311	$75,000	n/a	$73,590	+0.4%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Tesla, Inc.	120	$144,973	+20.0%
L&T Technology Services Limited	42	$94,910	+1.1%
Technosoft Services, Inc.	21	$90,000	+2.3%
Veenus Infotechs Corporation	19	$83,200	+1.1%
Technosoft Engineering, Inc.	15	$83,500	+0.1%
KLA Corporation	10	$163,806	+2.4%
Global Economic Advantage Inc.	7	$81,474	at the minimum
Jaydu LLC	5	$90,000	+10.5%
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.	4	$162,627	at the minimum
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.	3	$87,046	+13.4%
Colonial Staffing Group, Inc	3	$97,760	+10.9%
Tata Elxsi Limited	2	$115,700	at the minimum
Virginia Transformer Corp. (VTCR)	2	$88,967	+5.2%
XNRGY Climate Systems (US) LLC	2	$105,000	+15.7%
DDM Systems Inc.	2	$89,762	+0.3%
Rivian Automotive, LLC	2	$129,215	+19.5%
PWI Corp.	2	$78,500	+0.2%
Carvart Solutions, Inc.	2	$100,984	+0.1%
PBS Engineers Inc	2	$105,560	+6.6%
Hire IT people, Inc	2	$83,200	+10.8%
Tera Engineering Co. LLC	2	$77,293	at the minimum
DGN Technologies, Inc	2	$112,500	+6.9%
Fusion Life Sciences Technologies LLC	1	$83,200	+0.2%
Ams IT Solutions LLC.	1	$108,160	+0.2%
SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp	1	$117,998	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 106. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Mechanical Design Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Palo Alto, CA	44	$147,814	+13.0%
Fremont, CA	39	$145,000	+15.0%
Austin, TX	15	$149,090	+47.7%
Raymond, OH	13	$83,200	+0.2%
Milpitas, CA	10	$163,806	+2.4%
Houston, TX	9	$82,700	at the minimum
Copley, OH	8	$81,120	+1.2%
Irvine, CA	8	$112,633	+15.1%
Hawthorne, CA	7	$200,000	+46.8%
Sunnyvale, CA	7	$144,673	+1.9%
Arlington, TX	6	$93,100	+0.2%
Sparks, NV	6	$131,796	+50.4%
Marysville, OH	4	$83,054	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	3	$90,000	+0.5%
Charlotte, NC	3	$92,872	at the minimum
Chesterfield, MO	3	$87,046	+13.4%
Greenwood, MS	3	$81,120	+5.7%
New York, NY	3	$100,984	+0.1%
Novi, MI	3	$103,000	+10.0%
Phoenix, AZ	3	$92,000	+3.3%
Plymouth, MI	3	$93,642	at the minimum
Portland, OR	3	$81,474	at the minimum
San Jose, CA	3	$105,269	at the minimum
Savannah, GA	3	$108,160	+4.3%
Tampa, FL	3	$89,300	+4.3%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry19%

Level II, qualified69%

Level III, experienced9%

Level IV, fully competent3%

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.
4 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.