Industrial engineers design efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, and processes. Based on 17,371 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Industrial Engineer is $91,853 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $66,186 |
| 25th | $77,293 |
| 50th (median) | $91,853 |
| 75th | $112,188 |
| 90th (senior) | $135,000 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 4,744 matched Industrial Engineers petitions.
The median worker is paid 2.5% above the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs 76.5% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 26.1% are paid above their posted wage, 71.8% at it, and 2.2% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 17,371 filings, 764 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 16,607 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 96% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intel Corporation | 626 | $94,403 |
| 2 | TESLA, INC. | 473 | $131,223 |
| 3 | APPLE INC. | 344 | $132,953 |
| 4 | CUMMINS INC. | 300 | $87,718 |
| 5 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 229 | $87,912 |
| 6 | Applied Materials, Inc | 184 | $119,498 |
| 7 | RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC | 162 | $115,065 |
| 8 | Medtronic, Inc. | 152 | $103,565 |
| 9 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. | 110 | $111,142 |
| 10 | Intellectt Inc. | 105 | $89,464 |
| 11 | LUCID USA, INC. | 103 | $133,403 |
| 12 | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 91 | $121,269 |
| 13 | Boston Scientific Corporation | 87 | $86,561 |
| 14 | CATERPILLAR INC. | 84 | $85,976 |
| 15 | TESLA MOTORSINC | 79 | $97,661 |
| 16 | General Motors Financial Company, Inc. | 78 | $103,273 |
| 17 | GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC. | 77 | $94,202 |
| 18 | BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY | 76 | $104,569 |
| 19 | VASTEK, INC | 74 | $87,153 |
| 20 | Facebook, Inc. | 69 | $150,936 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| California | 3,112 | $108,700 |
| Michigan | 1,192 | $87,699 |
| Texas | 1,087 | $94,393 |
| Illinois | 626 | $82,225 |
| New Jersey | 519 | $89,975 |
| Florida | 504 | $75,810 |
| Massachusetts | 411 | $96,745 |
| New York | 409 | $95,647 |
| Indiana | 400 | $82,308 |
| Georgia | 348 | $82,982 |
| Ohio | 300 | $82,436 |
| Pennsylvania | 287 | $88,222 |
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Salaries are the certified offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.