H-1B demand profile: Mechanical Engineers, R&D. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 17-2144-00, employers filed 958 Labor Condition Applications for Mechanical Engineers, R&D positions across 113 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 97.5% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Mechanical Engineers, R&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, R&D. Offered wages on LCAs range from $31,242 at the floor to $600,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $84,640. 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, R&D. The top sponsor is UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY) with 76 petitions at an average offered wage of $113,890, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UChicago Argonne LLC, Wichita State University. Geographically, TX leads with 95 filings (avg $83,422), followed by IL, MA, TN. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Mechanical Engineers, R&D actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.