Role Filing Pattern
Senior R&D Engineer appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 25 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Senior R&D Engineer H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 17-2141.00
SOC Category: Mechanical Engineers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Macro Wage Baseline (BLS OEWS May 2023)
+34.3%
Filed H-1B base wages show $133,681 vs BLS national median $99,510
Senior R&D Engineer (SOC 17-2141.00, Mechanical Engineers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 25 filing records. Filed base wages span $100,235 to $148,054 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $133,681. Filed base wages for this role sit above the BLS occupational wage baseline used as a macro reference. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Median Salary
$133,681
H-1B LCA Filings
25LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$148,054
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Employer Concentration
The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from ANSYS, Inc., Medtronic, Inc., LevitasBio, Inc., Vanderlande Industries, Inc., and Xscape Photonics Inc.. Use this as a filing-volume signal, not as a guarantee of current hiring or petition outcomes.
Location Pattern
Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as Atlanta, GA, San Jose, CA, Plymouth, MN, Menlo Park, CA, and SAN DIEGO, CA. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
BLS Comparison Caveat
The BLS baseline shown here is a broad occupational wage reference, while the H-1B figure is a filed base wage from LCA records. Neither figure includes equity, bonus, benefits, or every compensation change after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$100,235
P25$105,602
Median$133,681
P75$135,000
Max$148,054
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- ANSYS, Inc.$119,7496
- 2
- LevitasBio, Inc.$135,0002
- 2
- Xscape Photonics Inc.$180,0001
- Boston Scientific Corporation$100,2351
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Guttenberg, NJ$180,0001
- Santa Clara, CA$166,5461
- Raynham, MA$140,0001
- San Jose, CA$138,3722
- Menlo Park, CA$135,0002
- SAN DIEGO, CA$133,6812
- Beltsville, MD$125,9171
- Atlanta, GA$113,7002
- Canonsburg, PA$108,0571
- Mounds View, MN$104,6761
- Londonderry, NH$103,2101
- Irvine, CA$100,2351
- El Segundo, CA$97,1981
- Plymouth, MNN/A2
- Marietta, GAN/A2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Senior R&D Engineer?
The median filed base salary for Senior R&D Engineer H-1B LCA records is $133,681 per year.
How many Senior R&D Engineer H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 25 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Senior R&D Engineer role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Senior R&D Engineer?
Top employers filing LCAs for Senior R&D Engineer include: ANSYS, Inc., Medtronic, Inc., LevitasBio, Inc..
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