Mechanical Engineer H-1B & PERM Salary

Mechanical engineers design, develop, and test mechanical and thermal devices, machines, and systems. Based on 25,256 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Mechanical Engineer is $90,000 per year.

Mechanical Engineer salary percentiles

What Mechanical Engineers are actually paid

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 7,627 matched Mechanical Engineers petitions.

The median worker is paid 1.8% above the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs 5.5% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 23.1% are paid above their posted wage, 73.5% at it, and 3.4% 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 25,256 filings, 1,285 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 23,971 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 95% of the total).

Top employers sponsoring Mechanical Engineers

Where Mechanical Engineer jobs are sponsored

Common Mechanical Engineer job titles

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Frequently asked questions

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.