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Mechanical Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Mechanical Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
45
Median offered wage
$120,000
Most common occupation
Mechanical Engineers
Median wage$120,000certified 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 San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

611FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
611FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202210
FY202311
FY20249
FY20257
FY2026*8
Certified (decided applications)
97.7%
Employers filing
26
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. Gayner Engineers Corp.4
  2. Facebook, Inc.3
  3. Pax Labs, Inc.3
  4. Verne Inc.3
  5. Point Energy Innovations, Inc.2
  6. Zola Electric Labs, Inc.2
  7. Span.IO, Inc.2
  8. Sandbox Inc.2
  9. Meyers Plus Engineers2
  10. Mazzetti, Inc.2
  11. Lyft, Inc.2
  12. Cisco Systems, Inc.2
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 $120,000; middle half $105,342 to $140,100 · median prevailing wage $114,546 (marker) · 43 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I11
  2. Level II23
  3. Level III5
  4. Level IV5
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 San Francisco is 37.9% 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 San Francisco
0.8%
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 San Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Mechanical Engineer" ranks #135 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Mechanical Engineer in San Francisco
135
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Mechanical Engineers (all job titles)
$100,568
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer5,831
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Associate727
  4. Staff Software Engineer723
  5. Software Engineering Smts719
  6. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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