Engineering and technical
Mechanical Engineers, R&D: who sponsors, and what they pay
Every certified Labor Condition Application for this occupation in the period covered, with the wage each employer told the Department of Labor it would pay.
Certified LCAs
134
H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3
Median wage offered
$98,312
per year
Middle half earn
$75K to $126K
25th to 75th percentile
Employers filing
40
Employers filing for Mechanical Engineers, R&D
| Employer | LCAs | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory) Oak Ridge | 15 | $128,220 |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton | 13 | $140,732 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge | 11 | $95,285 |
| Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC Golden | 11 | $99,101 |
| UChicago Argonne, LLC Lemont | 10 | $94,486 |
| Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab Menlo Park | 6 | $157,685 |
| Southwest Research Institute San Antonio | 6 | $104,607 |
| University of Michigan Ann Arbor | 6 | $72,084 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin | 5 | $112,000 |
| Transportation Research Center, Inc. East Liberty | 5 | $99,673 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta | 4 | $97,639 |
| Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC Idaho Falls | 4 | $145,008 |
| University of California, Berkeley Berkeley | 3 | $77,030 |
| University of Connecticut Storrs | 3 | $63,000 |
| The Trustees of Princeton University Princeton | 3 | $77,398 |
40 employers for this occupationThe full ranked list, with each employer's median wage, is part of Pro.
See ProSource: US Department of Labor (OFLC) and US Citizenship and Immigration Services · OFLC disclosure data (Labor Condition Applications, PERM) and the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · covers LCA FY2026 Q1 to Q3; PERM FY2026 Q1 to Q3; USCIS H-1B decisions FY2024 to FY2026 · last fetched 5 Oct 2026
Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · covers LCA FY2026 Q1 to Q3; PERM FY2026 Q1 to Q3; USCIS H-1B decisions FY2024 to FY2026 · last fetched 5 Oct 2026