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Wage recordSOC 17-2144 · CAVintage 2026-06-3013 filings with wages

Offered wages · LCA (ETA-9035)

Mechanical Engineers, R&D in California

LCA disclosure records show 13 filings with a disclosed offered wage for Mechanical Engineers, R&D (SOC 17-2144) at worksites in California. Wages below are the employers' stated offers, annualized; they are not survey averages and not all filings lead to employment.

25th percentile

$84,947

Median offer

$104,000

75th percentile

$155,738

Distribution of offers

$70k–$81k: 3 filings$81k–$93k: 2 filings$93k–$104k: 1 filings$104k–$115k: 1 filings$126k–$138k: 1 filings$138k–$149k: 1 filings$149k–$160k: 2 filings$194k–$205k: 1 filingsp25 $85kmedian $104kp75 $156k$70k$205k
Annualized offered wage, disclosed LCA filings (2nd–98th percentile range)

Employers filing this occupation in CA

EmployerFilingsMedian offer
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/slac National Accelerator Lab6$157,685
University of California, Berkeley3$77,030
The Leland Stanford, Jr University2$94,474
California Institute of Technology1$97,170
University Of California, Irvine1$79,881
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