SOC 17-2144.00
Mechanical Engineers, R&D — H-1B offered wages
Wages employers attested they would pay on certified Labor Condition Applications filed under SOC 17-2144.00.
- 25th percentile
- $71,923
- Median
- $95,417
- 75th percentile
- $115,000
- Employers
- 38
Offered wage, per year
Derived from $5,000 bands, not stored
116 disclosed positions
Offered wage, per year
Distinct sponsors behind the distribution
Top 38 sponsors of this occupation were read
Wage distribution
Each band is $5,000 wide.
25th $71,923 · median $95,417 · 75th $115,000 · 116 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
Prevailing wage level
Level I is entry, IV is fully competent. The level sets the wage floor the employer had to meet.
Level I
33
28%
Level II
29
25%
Level III
34
29%
Level IV
11
9%
Not stated
9
8%
By employer
Each median is derived from that employer's own wage bands for this occupation — never an average of medians.
| Employer | Headquarters | Median | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookhaven National Laboratory | Upton, NY | $142,500 | 14 |
| UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY) | OAK RIDGE, TN | $121,000 | 14 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $73,333 | 10 |
| UChicago Argonne, LLC | Lemont, IL | $93,750 | 8 |
| Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC | Golden, CO | $96,250 | 7 |
| Southwest Research Institute | San Antonio, TX | $102,500 | 6 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $65,000 | 6 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $111,250 | 5 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | $96,250 | 5 |
| Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC | Idaho Falls, ID | $152,500 | 3 |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | Richland, WA | $112,500 | 3 |
| Transportation Research Center, Inc. | East Liberty, OH | $101,250 | 3 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $67,500 | 3 |
| Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC | Batavia, IL | $67,500 | 2 |
| University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT | $62,500 | 2 |
By metro
Metros with at least 15 disclosed positions across 3 or more employers.
42 further metros are present in the data but below the reporting floor, so no range is published for them.
Percentiles are interpolated inside $5,000 bands summed across the 38 largest sponsors of this occupation, which is what the precomputed ranking holds — so they describe those sponsors, not the whole labour market. A page is only published when at least 25 disclosed positions across 3 employers stand behind it. Wages are what the employer attested at filing time, before the job started.