Design Engineer H-1B Salary

1,796 certified H-1B filings list the job title Design Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $88,000; the middle half of filings fall between $78,000 and $100,485. The largest sponsor for this title is L&T Technology Services Limited (279 filings).

1,796
certified filings
$88,000
Median base salary
$78,000
25th pct
$100,485
75th pct
$124,197
90th pct
$70,158
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$70,158$88,000 median$124,197

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026316$92,967
FY2025547$89,690
FY2024500$86,906
FY2023433$83,013

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Raymond, OH79$87,000
Austin, TX65$110,656
San Jose, CA54$127,234
Irvine, CA52$97,198
Houston, TX44$97,560
Auburn Hills, MI34$83,151
Santa Clara, CA31$167,000
Chillicothe, IL25$95,326
Waller, TX24$87,360
Troy, MI23$93,600
Seattle, WA20$88,108
Hagerstown, MD18$78,500
San Francisco, CA18$99,000
Elkhart, IN17$83,000
Farmington Hills, MI17$84,302
Novi, MI17$89,000
Sunnyvale, CA15$124,197
Wyoming, MN15$80,000
Appleton, WI14$89,929
Atlanta, GA14$88,560

Design Engineer salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
L&T Technology Services Limited279$83,000
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED98$89,086
TSMC Technology, Inc.54$124,197
TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS), INC44$87,548
TAAL TECHNOLOGIES INC39$87,929
NXP USA, Inc.27$138,000
AXISCADES INC25$74,526
eShocan LLC25$87,589
TOOGANN Technologies, LLC25$95,000
Arm, Inc.23$110,656
Cyient, Inc.22$75,000
Tata Technologies, Inc.22$75,536
Daikin Comfort Technologies Manufacturing, L.P.21$88,000
Caterpillar Inc.18$96,460
Satyam-Venture Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.15$74,000
Applied Materials, Inc13$180,000
Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Inc.13$87,000
Priamba Soft LLC11$87,381
Qorvo US, INC.10$97,641
Regal Rexnord Corporation10$92,582
Worldwide Oilfield Machine Inc10$107,000
Hutchison Engineering, Inc.9$80,910
Indus USA Inc9$87,589
INTELLECTT, INC.9$95,118
Micron Technology, Inc.9$134,024
Satyam Venture Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.9$80,000
Epitec, Inc.8$87,662
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES LLC8$97,178
L&T TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC8$76,000
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers, RLLP8$87,066
Neetha Consulting LLC8$124,200
SOLIZE USA CORPORATION8$95,680
STRUCTUS, INC.8$86,664
Technosoft Engineering, Inc.8$77,000
AEROSAPIEN TECHNOLOGIES LLC7$74,000
AG&E Associates, PLLC7$87,500
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.7$126,984
Degenkolb Engineers7$115,000
Wilson Engineers, LLC.7$89,296
AdvanSoft International Inc6$85,000
Bennett & Pless, Inc6$91,548
Brose North America, Inc.6$98,918
Infosys Nova Holdings LLC6$109,346
Mubea North America Shared Services, Inc.6$84,302
SL AMERICA CORPORATION6$109,626
The NuLeap, LLC.6$83,335
Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc.5$66,331
Colonial Staffing Group Inc5$87,360
HL Mando America Corporation5$120,570
Illinois Tool Works Inc.5$90,000

Related job titles

Component Design Engineer $121,680Mechanical Design Engineer $90,000Design Verification Engineer $153,504Physical Design Engineer $157,800Senior Design Engineer $111,120Product Design Engineer $140,525Analog Design Engineer $133,947Electrical Design Engineer $94,612Module Design Engineer $158,995Silicon Design Engineer $125,000

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer