H-1B demand profile: Mechanical Engineers, NonR&D. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 17-2143-00, employers filed 138 Labor Condition Applications for Mechanical Engineers, NonR&D positions across 40 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 94.2% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Mechanical Engineers, NonR&D among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Mechanical Engineers, NonR&D. Offered wages on LCAs range from $52,000 at the floor to $192,297 at the ceiling, with an average of $92,731. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Mechanical Engineers, NonR&D. The top sponsor is Fermi Research Alliance, LLC with 41 petitions at an average offered wage of $92,882, followed by Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC, Auburn University, California Institute of Technology. Geographically, IL leads with 64 filings (avg $91,701), followed by CA, AL, MI. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Mechanical Engineers, NonR&D actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.