Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, H-1B salary
What 159 H-1B filings report for “Staff Mechanical Design Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Staff Mechanical Design Engineer?
$163k median H-1B base salary for a Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, typically $142k to $198k, across 159 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California145$163ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $163kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Staff Mechanical Design Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Staff Mechanical Design Engineer roles are Tesla, Rivian, Matic Robots, Camber Operating Company, and Atomic Machines, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Staff Mechanical Design Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Tesla131 filings$160k
- 2Rivian14 filings$166k
- 3Matic Robots2 filings$200k
- 4Camber Operating Company2 filings$178k
- 5Atomic Machines2 filings$190k
- 6ASML1 filings$98k
- 7Bloom Energy1 filings$130k
- 8Ford1 filings$189k
- 9Form Energy1 filings$180k
- 10Lightmatter1 filings$197k
- 11Nextracker1 filings$189k
- 12Peak Energy Technologies1 filings$170k
- 13Twelve Benefit1 filings$192k
Related titles in this family
192 filings carry “Staff Mechanical Design Engineer” in the title, across 11 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Staff Mechanical Design Engineer11 filings$173k
- 2Sr Staff Mechanical Design Engineer10 filings$201k
- 3Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, Environmental Skids3 filings$155k
- 4Staff Mechanical Design Engineer (Exteriors)2 filings$152k
- 5Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, Lighting2 filings$175k
- 6Member of Technical Staff, Mechanical Design Engineer1 filings$117k
- 7Sr. to Staff Mechanical Design Engineer1 filings$148k
- 8Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, Chassis Systems1 filings$168k
- 9Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, Composite Structures1 filings$180k
- 10Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, Power Electronics1 filings$185k
Figures are for the exact title “Staff Mechanical Design Engineer”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.