Mechanical Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 1,281 wage applications for Mechanical Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 624 employers. The median offered wage was $94,000, 0.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. L&T Technology Services Limited filed the most (69, median $92,123).

Filings: 1,281
Positions covered: 2,484
Employers: 624
Median offered: $94,000
Median prevailing wage: $90,771
Filings since FY2020: 8,653
Median offer change since FY2020: +26%

Mechanical Engineer, all employers1,281 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$94,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$83,665 to $115,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$90,771Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Mechanical Engineer jobs rose 26%, from $75,816 in fiscal 2020 to $95,496 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 1,401 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 Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	1,020	$95,496	+8.5%	$93,122	+0.8%
2025	1,300	$88,000	+3.5%	$83,075	+1.3%
2024	1,264	$85,000	+1.2%	$80,798	+1.6%
2023	1,146	$84,000	+1.8%	$81,078	+0.8%
2022	1,401	$82,500	+2.1%	$78,208	+0.9%
2021	1,176	$80,808	+6.6%	$77,210	+0.3%
2020	1,346	$75,816	n/a	$72,322	+0.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
L&T Technology Services Limited	69	$92,123	at the minimum
Engineering Technology Associates, Inc.	45	$94,000	+0.4%
Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc.	34	$87,901	at the minimum
Apple Inc.	31	$139,500	+15.6%
Applied Materials, Inc	27	$154,866	+0.1%
Core Tech Construction Corporation	26	$62,500	+8.5%
Caresoft Technologies Inc	26	$93,650	at the minimum
Caresoft Global Technologies Inc	20	$85,012	+4.7%
Veenus Infotechs Corporation	18	$83,200	+0.4%
Alten Technology USA, Inc.	14	$81,527	at the minimum
Servotech Inc.	12	$88,400	+1.1%
Lam Research Corporation	12	$124,426	at the minimum
Schlumberger Technology Corporation	11	$107,701	+23.6%
Onward Technologies Inc	9	$77,792	at the minimum
Infonero Inc.	9	$88,525	at the minimum
WSP USA Buildings Inc.	9	$109,741	+5.3%
Taurus Industrial Group, LLC.	8	$82,160	+3.9%
Novamegha LLC	8	$112,715	at the minimum
Tesla, Inc.	8	$102,170	at the minimum
Source Engineering Services	8	$105,706	at the minimum
Meta Platforms, Inc	7	$213,898	+22.1%
Creative Synergies Group, LLC.,	7	$78,000	+0.3%
Cisco Systems, Inc.	7	$158,995	at the minimum
Gotion Illinois New Energy Inc.	7	$100,000	+13.6%
NYX, Inc.	7	$90,471	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 624. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Mechanical Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Tamuning, GU	49	$58,282	+2.1%
Dearborn, MI	31	$94,000	+0.4%
Santa Clara, CA	29	$157,414	at the minimum
Livonia, MI	27	$93,642	at the minimum
Austin, TX	23	$114,100	+14.8%
Houston, TX	22	$102,250	+8.2%
Fremont, CA	19	$104,000	at the minimum
New York, NY	19	$105,000	+10.5%
San Jose, CA	18	$132,142	at the minimum
Cupertino, CA	17	$147,400	at the minimum
Wilton, CT	16	$106,321	at the minimum
Auburn Hills, MI	15	$94,016	+0.4%
Chillicothe, IL	14	$95,680	+0.7%
San Diego, CA	13	$117,855	+4.2%
Louisville, KY	12	$87,901	at the minimum
Irvine, CA	11	$120,467	+7.9%
San Francisco, CA	11	$132,000	+11.5%
Sunnyvale, CA	11	$147,400	at the minimum
Barrigada, GU	10	$74,000	+5.9%
Copley, OH	10	$80,080	+1.2%
Point Comfort, TX	10	$84,219	+3.9%
Lafayette, IN	9	$88,525	at the minimum
Plano, TX	9	$93,018	at the minimum
Plymouth, MI	9	$90,471	+0.6%
Troy, MI	9	$94,000	+0.4%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry31%

Level II, qualified48%

Level III, experienced12%

Level IV, fully competent9%

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.
34 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.