Senior Design Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 98 wage applications for Senior Design Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 54 employers. The median offered wage was $110,700, 0.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Goken America, LLC filed the most (13, median $88,192).

Filings: 98
Positions covered: 93
Employers: 54
Median offered: $110,700
Median prevailing wage: $104,874
Filings since FY2020: 834
Median offer change since FY2020: +8%

Senior Design Engineer, all employers98 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$110,700Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$97,573 to $128,422Where the middle half of the filings fall

$104,874Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior Design Engineer jobs rose 8%, from $101,345 in fiscal 2020 to $109,002 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 186 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.

Senior Design Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	81	$109,002	−5.9%	$104,125	+0.4%
2025	104	$115,856	−1.5%	$102,856	+4.6%
2024	90	$117,662	+12.8%	$101,265	+6.2%
2023	95	$104,286	−0.3%	$99,539	+5.8%
2022	136	$104,580	−4.9%	$99,445	+2.2%
2021	142	$110,000	+8.5%	$105,335	at the minimum
2020	186	$101,345	n/a	$95,326	+2.2%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Goken America, LLC	13	$88,192	at the minimum
Caterpillar Inc.	10	$115,107	at the minimum
Arm, Inc.	5	$161,179	at the minimum
Parker Hannifin Corporation	4	$122,777	at the minimum
Molex, LLC	3	$113,000	+5.7%
North American Lighting, Inc.	3	$110,700	+1.1%
Qorvo US, INC.	3	$139,050	+6.1%
Ficosa North America Corporation	2	$97,882	+4.5%
Onward Technologies Inc	2	$90,740	at the minimum
Airbus Americas, Inc.	2	$120,657	+12.9%
Micron Technology, Inc.	2	$157,000	+5.7%
PackIQ, LLC	2	n/a
Sintegra, Inc.	2	$197,500	+5.9%
Osmose Utilities Services, Inc.	2	$120,750	+47.2%
Axiscades Inc	2	$93,649	+8.4%
AGCO Corporation	2	$92,866	+3.7%
PACCAR Inc	1	$105,352	at the minimum
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC	1	$96,000	+5.4%
Cintal, Inc.	1	$106,933	+11.8%
Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group LLC	1	$104,125	at the minimum
MEKRA Lang North America, LLC	1	$105,000	+25.2%
NXP USA, Inc.	1	$202,211	+8.4%
Lionbridge Technologies, LLC	1	$92,581	+20.2%
EN Engineering, LLC	1	$78,749	at the minimum
Alpha IT Consulting Corporation	1	$110,656	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 54. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Senior Design Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Dublin, OH	13	$88,192	at the minimum
San Jose, CA	7	$157,000	+0.1%
Austin, TX	3	$141,502	at the minimum
Chillicothe, IL	3	$111,675	at the minimum
Farmington Hills, MI	3	$110,700	+1.1%
Peoria, IL	3	$106,933	at the minimum
Raymond, OH	3	$97,573	+4.5%
Rochester Hills, MI	3	$113,000	+5.7%
Wichita, KS	3	$115,000	+14.8%
Anderson, SC	2	n/a
Atlanta, GA	2	$120,749	+40.7%
Auburn Hills, MI	2	$101,336	+2.6%
Charlotte, NC	2	$108,000	+16.3%
Hesston, KS	2	$92,866	+3.7%
Houston, TX	2	$110,520	+4.4%
Irvine, CA	2	$125,183	at the minimum
Kirkland, WA	2	$130,176	+5.0%
Lafayette, IN	2	$125,653	at the minimum
Macedonia, OH	2	$115,867	+2.9%
Madison Heights, MI	2	$97,882	+4.5%
Santa Clara, CA	2	$197,500	+5.9%
Apopka, FL	1	$128,422	+13.0%
Brookfield, WI	1	$112,486	at the minimum
Brooklyn Park, MN	1	$126,443	at the minimum
Brooklyn, NY	1	$120,349	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry9%

Level II, qualified33%

Level III, experienced36%

Level IV, fully competent22%

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.
1 filing is 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.