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Mechanical Engineer in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Mechanical Engineer
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
54
Median offered wage
$114,100
Most common occupation
Mechanical Engineers
Median wage$114,100certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Mechanical Engineer" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

1020FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1020FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20229
FY20233
FY202411
FY202511
FY2026*20
Certified (decided applications)
98.1%
Employers filing
22
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Apple Inc.15
  2. Applied Materials, Inc.9
  3. Chenbro Micom (USA), Inc.5
  4. LinxAi, Inc.3
  5. Luminex Corporation2
  6. Motionics, LLC2
  7. Fox Robotics, Inc.2
  8. Kanken Techno USA, Inc.2
  9. JEE Tech USA Inc.1
  10. Cognite, Inc.1
  11. SCIVIC Engineering America Inc.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $114,100; middle half $95,000 to $128,300 · median prevailing wage $95,680 (marker) · 53 applications.

$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I9
  2. Level II24
  3. Level III11
  4. Level IV10
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Mechanical Engineer" appears on 5,981 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,999 employers for worksites in 1,184 cities; the median offered wage is $87,000, so the median in Austin is 31.1% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
5,981
Employers nationwide
1,999
Cities with filings
1,184
National median offered wage
$87,000
Share of national filings in Austin
0.9%
Cities with the most applications for Mechanical Engineer
  1. Tamuning, GU206
  2. Santa Clara, CA156
  3. Houston, TX147
  4. Troy, MI140
  5. Livonia, MI117
  6. Fremont, CA106
  7. Auburn Hills, MI104
  8. Dearborn, MI93
  9. San Jose, CA90
  10. New York City, NY74
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Austin job market

Austin has 64,412 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,288 job titles and 6,594 employers; "Mechanical Engineer" ranks #170 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Mechanical Engineer in Austin
170
Median offered wage in Austin, all job titles
$122,906
National median wage, Mechanical Engineers (all job titles)
$100,568
Other job titles in Austin
  1. Software Engineer2,870
  2. Software Developer2,341
  3. Software Development Engineer II871
  4. Senior Software Engineer858
  5. Component Design Engineer663
  6. Software Development Engineer I622
  7. Architect574
  8. Software Development Engineer524
  9. Data Engineer500
  10. Software Dev Engineer II367
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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