Senior R&D Engineer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Mechanical Engineers (SOC 17-2141).
Employers filed 44 wage applications for Senior R&D Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 30 employers. The median offered wage was $125,798, 2.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Medtronic, Inc. filed the most (5, median $118,904).
- Filings
- 44
- Positions covered
- 43
- Employers
- 30
- Median offered
- $125,798
- Median prevailing wage
- $116,459
- Filings since FY2020
- 312
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +30%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Senior R&D Engineer jobs rose 30%, from $95,344 in fiscal 2020 to $124,349 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 3.0% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 76 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 R&D Engineer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 32 | $124,349 | +4.6% | $115,991 | +3.0% |
| 2025 | 76 | $118,911 | +5.1% | $113,981 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 57 | $113,173 | −7.7% | $112,154 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 37 | $122,678 | +13.6% | $117,957 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 52 | $108,015 | −1.8% | $104,718 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 35 | $110,000 | +15.4% | $105,560 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 23 | $95,344 | n/a | $89,232 | at the minimum |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 24 employers with the most filings of 30. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Senior R&D Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irvine, CA | 4 | $120,661 | at the minimum | |
| San Jose, CA | 4 | $167,804 | +3.2% | |
| East Providence, RI | 2 | $116,002 | at the minimum | |
| Marietta, GA | 2 | $140,000 | +20.2% | |
| Marlborough, MA | 2 | $129,881 | +17.8% | |
| San Antonio, TX | 2 | $120,000 | +27.6% | |
| Alameda, CA | 1 | $184,829 | at the minimum | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $86,549 | at the minimum | |
| Apex, NC | 1 | $112,757 | at the minimum | |
| Beltsville, MD | 1 | $125,917 | +2.9% | |
| Bloomfield, CT | 1 | $147,430 | at the minimum | |
| Brooklyn Park, MN | 1 | $110,000 | +0.9% | |
| Burlington, MA | 1 | $107,910 | at the minimum | |
| Chicago, IL | 1 | n/a | ||
| Corcoran, MN | 1 | $125,798 | at the minimum | |
| Cottonwood Heights, UT | 1 | $113,143 | at the minimum | |
| Gainesville, FL | 1 | $118,000 | +15.9% | |
| Guttenberg, NJ | 1 | $180,000 | +16.1% | |
| Londonderry, NH | 1 | $103,210 | at the minimum | |
| Mebane, NC | 1 | $108,600 | +3.9% | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $187,762 | at the minimum | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $115,500 | +5.6% | |
| Plymouth, MN | 1 | $110,000 | +0.7% | |
| Raritan, NJ | 1 | $126,000 | +22.4% | |
| Raynham, MA | 1 | $148,000 | +8.6% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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