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Mechanical Design Engineer H-1B salary at Tesla — 354 certified filings (FY2017–FY2026)

28
Filings · FY2025
$127k
Median base · FY2025
$122k–$135k
Middle 50% · FY2025
+52%
vs market median · all years

Tesla filed 28 certified H-1B LCAs for Mechanical Design Engineer in FY2025, with a median base salary of $127k and the middle 50% of offers between $122k and $135k. Across all years its $122k median is 52% above the $80k market median for Mechanical Design Engineer. It has filed 354 Mechanical Design Engineer LCAs since FY2017, most often in Fremont, CA.

How much does Tesla pay a Mechanical Design Engineer?

Certified base salary for Mechanical Design Engineer at Tesla by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $127k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.

$50k$75k$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Does Tesla pay Mechanical Design Engineers above the market?

Tesla's all-years median against every employer's certified Mechanical Design Engineer LCAs — 52% above the market. Same cleaned DOL title, same base-salary definition, so the two rows compare like for like.

Mechanical Design Engineer base salary: Tesla versus all H-1B employers
Base salary for this titleFilingsMedian
Tesla354$122k
All employers · Mechanical Design Engineer3,099$80k

How has Tesla's Mechanical Design Engineer hiring changed by year?

15 certified Mechanical Design Engineer filings in FY2017 → 107 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.

Tesla certified H-1B Mechanical Design Engineer filings and base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsvs prior FYMedian base
FY2026107+282%$147k
FY202528−48%$127k
FY202454+29%$125k
FY202342+50%$120k
FY202228−12%$110k
FY202132+100%$105k
FY202016+45%$105k
FY201911−48%$97k
FY201821+40%$97k
FY201715—$92k

Which wage levels does Tesla file for Mechanical Design Engineer?

DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 7% of Tesla's Mechanical Design Engineer filings sit at Level III–IV. Higher levels earn more entries in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

Share of 266 Mechanical Design Engineer filings with a wage level · all years

87%
  • Level I6.4%17
  • Level II86.8%231
  • Level III5.6%15
  • Level IV1.1%3

Where does Tesla hire H-1B Mechanical Design Engineers?

Worksite states and cities on the certified filings for this title, all years, with the median base salary at each.

Tesla Mechanical Design Engineer H-1B worksite states
StateFilingsMedian base
California294$124k
Texas30$125k
Nevada17$115k
Illinois3$101k
Michigan3$104k
New York3$135k
Minnesota2$119k
New Hampshire2$115k
Tesla Mechanical Design Engineer H-1B worksite cities
CityFilingsMedian base
Fremont, CA141$125k
Palo Alto, CA134$120k
Austin, TX27$131k
Sparks, NV16$111k
Hawthorne, CA12$121k
Elgin, IL3$101k
Grand Rapids, MI3$104k
Brooklyn Park, MN2$119k

Also filed as

Tesla's other sponsored titles, and the employers that file the most Mechanical Design Engineer LCAs. All years.

Top Mechanical Design Engineer sponsors

Top H-1B sponsors for Mechanical Design Engineer
EmployerFilingsMedian base
Tech Mahindra Americas463$75k
L T Technology Services258$81k
Technosoft Engineering206$67k
Technosoft Services89$76k
Veenus Infotechs86$81k
Kla67$140k
Global Economic Advantage43$67k
Jaydu35$70k
Nleague Services32$62k

Common questions about Mechanical Design Engineer H-1B pay at Tesla

How much does Tesla pay a Mechanical Design Engineer on an H-1B?
Tesla's median certified H-1B base salary for Mechanical Design Engineer is $127k in FY2025, from 28 filings; the middle 50% of offers fall between $122k and $135k. Across all years the median is $122k.
How many Mechanical Design Engineer H-1B LCAs has Tesla filed?
Tesla has 354 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for Mechanical Design Engineer on record (FY2017–FY2026), 107 of them in FY2026. That is 3% of its 13,893 certified filings across all titles.
Does Tesla pay Mechanical Design Engineers above the market?
Tesla's all-years median of $122k is 52% above the $80k median for Mechanical Design Engineer across all H-1B employers (3,099 certified filings).
Where does Tesla hire H-1B Mechanical Design Engineers?
Tesla's Mechanical Design Engineer LCAs name worksites mostly in California, Texas, Nevada; the top cities are Fremont, CA, Palo Alto, CA, Austin, TX.
Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
What salary do these figures show?
The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2017–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →