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Mechanical Engineers H-1B salaries

The median wage offered on certified H-1B applications for Mechanical Engineers stood at $106,724 in FY2025, according to the Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure data.

Standard Occupational Classification 17-2141. The Department of Labor certified 9,949 H-1B applications for it in FY2025, from 2,993 employers; the median is over the 9,034 full-time offers paid by the year, and half of them were between $88,156 and $132,305.

Every fiscal year

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Certified H-1B applications for Mechanical Engineers and the median offered wage, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearCertifiedMedian offered wage
FY2026 to June 20267,135$113,580
FY20259,949$106,724
FY20248,664$102,270

The open fiscal year is to date, and is not set against a whole one. Wages are in each year’s dollars. How the wage is read.

Sources

Compiled automatically from U.S. Department of Labor — LCA Disclosure Data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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