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Senior Manufacturing Engineer

H-1B & Green Card Salary Data and Market Analysis

310

Total Filings

All time (charts below use selected years)

$116,886

Median Salary

Across filings in selected period

+253.8%

Filing Growth

13 → 46 filings, FY2021 to FY2026

15

Top Employers

Hiring This Role
Salary Distribution (All Employers + Top Employer Overlays)
10th Percentile

$84,959

25th Percentile

$100,000

Median (50th)

$116,886

75th Percentile

$130,514

90th Percentile

$145,533

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Top Employers Hiring Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Employer Filings Median Salary Salary Range Approval Rate
TESLA, INC. 40 $130,208 $114,969 - $166,962 92.5%
RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC 16 $116,000 $95,000 - $162,000 87.5%
Medtronic, Inc. 14 $109,950 $95,000 - $127,900 100.0%
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 5 $126,300 $122,408 - $149,781 60.0%
FUSION LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 5 $101,920 $76,731 - $101,920 100.0%
TE Connectivity Corporation 4 $109,138 $85,862 - $137,675 100.0%
CINTAL INC 4 $80,850 $80,850 - $127,587 25.0%
CUMMINS INC. 4 $82,514 $74,640 - $82,514 100.0%
ZOOX LLC 3 $163,030 $163,030 - $185,000 66.7%
Axiscades,Inc. 3 $83,034 $83,034 - $127,587 66.7%
Covidien LP 3 $103,000 $103,000 - $120,000 100.0%
REED CITY GROUP 3 $100,464 $100,464 - $101,005 33.3%
St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division 2 $105,800 $100,000 - $111,600 100.0%
BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY 2 $94,886 $85,731 - $104,040 100.0%
ZF TRANSMISSION GRAY COURT 2 $104,582 $104,582 - $104,582 100.0%
Salary Distribution by Experience Level
Experience Level Filings Median Salary Salary Range
Senior 188 $116,886 $55,328 - $185,000
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Geographic Distribution
Based on 188 filings in selected period (charts use selected years, not all-time total)
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Median Salary by State
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Top Metro Areas
City State Filings Median Salary
Fremont CA 10 $129,068
Alpharetta GA 5 $101,920
Palo Alto CA 4 $142,124
Peoria IL 4 $81,942
Plymouth MI 3 $104,671
Normal IL 3 $95,000
Columbus IN 3 $82,514
Brooklyn Center MN 3 $102,000
FREMONT CA 3 $121,550
Plymouth MN 3 $103,000

What different H-1B workers are actually paid

Across the 244,862 petitions we hold for the H-1B cap lottery as a whole, the I-129 filing records the beneficiary's actual pay alongside their country of birth, education and gender. A raw pay gap between two groups is mostly a statement about which jobs they hold — so each gap below is shown twice: as it looks raw, and again measured within the same job title. The second number is the one to read.

Gender is here as the control. Our decomposition of the H-1B gender pay gap found that gap is sorting almost entirely — it survives the correction at under a percent. Country of birth and education do not behave that way: part of each gap is job mix, and a real difference is still standing after the correction.

Country of birth

Group Petitions Median actual pay Raw gap vs everyone Within the same job title Explained by job mix
India 164,659 $90,397 -$2,288 -$2,411
China 35,095 $110,000 +$17,315 +$8,896 48.6%
Philippines 1,863 $64,000 -$28,685 -$594 97.9%

60 other values (39,441 petitions) are not shown, because too few of their petitions sit in a job title big enough to compare within. Only a raw figure exists there — and a raw figure is the thing this table corrects, so ranking it beside these would mislead rather than inform.

Education level

Group Petitions Median actual pay Raw gap vs everyone Within the same job title Explained by job mix
Master's degree 102,816 $91,104 -$896 -$262
Bachelor's degree 88,784 $90,000 -$2,000 -$1,219 39.0%
Doctorate degree 11,783 $128,400 +$36,400 +$17,739 51.3%
Professional degree 2,272 $150,000 +$58,000 +$24,154 58.4%

One other value (103 petitions) is not shown, because too few of its petitions sit in a job title big enough to compare within. Only a raw figure exists there — and a raw figure is the thing this table corrects, so ranking it beside these would mislead rather than inform.

Gender

Group Petitions Median actual pay Raw gap vs everyone Within the same job title Explained by job mix
Men 164,128 $93,891 +$1,206 -$361
Women 80,734 $90,000 -$2,685 +$469

How to read this. The within-occupation figure compares people holding the same job title, weighted by how many petitions sit in each title. Titles encode seniority, so equal pay within a title does not rule out differences in reaching that title — the same limitation that applies to any controlled pay-gap number. Figures are base pay only: the I-129 reports prospective base compensation, with no equity or bonus, so this is not total compensation. Coverage is FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions that carry both a pay figure and a job title — a one-time FOIA snapshot, not a live feed. Aggregates only, with small counts suppressed. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.

Related Roles & Career Progression

These roles are variations of Senior Manufacturing Engineer with different seniority levels.

Role Experience Level Filings Avg Salary
Senior Manufacturing Engineer 310 $106,508
Filing Volume Trend
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Median Salary Trend
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Year-over-Year Statistics
Fiscal Year Filings Median Salary Approval Rate
2021 13 $104,040 92.3%
2022 22 $120,500 90.9%
2023 21 $100,858 85.7%
2024 37 $103,000 91.9%
2025 49 $123,930 61.2%
2026 46 $120,965 95.7%
Company Comparison - Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Compare how top companies pay for this role.

Company Filings Median Salary Approval Rate
TESLA, INC. 40 $130,208 92.5%
RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC 16 $116,000 87.5%
Medtronic, Inc. 14 $109,950 100.0%
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 5 $126,300 60.0%
FUSION LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 5 $101,920 100.0%
Data Source: U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) H-1B and green card (PERM) disclosure data. Data shown for fiscal years 2021 to present. Last updated: August 31, 2026

Note on Salary Data: For data quality, we exclude salaries below $30,000 (likely data entry errors) and above $1,000,000 (lacking automated validation for ultra-high compensation packages). This may affect statistics for some executive and specialized positions.