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Salaries / Engineers, All Other / Austin

Engineers, All Other salaries in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27

Employers filed 117 certified H-1B applications for engineers, all other in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 42 employers.

The middle half of offers were $115,000 to $161,500 a year, with a median of $138,500: 7% above the national median for this job ($130,000).

The most common wage level was Level II (50% of filings).

The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $83,200 at Level I and $101,608 at Level II.

25th percentile$115,000
Median offer$138,500
75th percentile$161,500
National median$130,000

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Wage levels

DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.

LevelShare of filingsPrevailing wage (minimum)
Level I (entry)11%$83,200
Level II (qualified)50%$101,608
Level III (experienced)19%$120,016
Level IV (fully competent)21%$138,424

Who sponsors engineers, all other here

EmployerH-1B filingsMedian offerGreen card filings (PERM, this job, US)
Tesla, Inc.39$143,50056
Apptronik, Inc.17$158,500—
Contoro Inc.5$115,000—
TORC Robotics, Inc.4$179,5001
Symbotic LLC4$161,0002
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC4$99,5002
Magic Leap, Inc.2$137,5001
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.2$99,5002
DNV Energy USA, Inc.2$116,500—
KLA Corporation2$94,50024
Rockwell Automation, Inc.2$173,5001
Peppermint Robotics USA, LLC2$124,000—
Auto-FX Inc.2$125,000—
BotCrew LLC2$91,000—
Amazon Data Services, Inc1$170,000—

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Common titles filed under this occupation: Robotics Engineer, Software Engineer, Controls Engineer, Automation Engineer, Mechatronics Engineer, Manufacturing Controls Dev Engineer, Research Engineer, Energy Engineer.

About this data

Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.