Salaries / Mechanical Engineers / San Francisco
Mechanical Engineers salaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 530 certified H-1B applications for mechanical engineers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 174 employers.
The middle half of offers were $126,000 to $175,000 a year, with a median of $150,500: 35% above the national median for this job ($111,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (31% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $110,510 at Level I and $134,493 at Level II.
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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.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 15% | $110,510 |
| Level II (qualified) | 31% | $134,493 |
| Level III (experienced) | 26% | $158,454 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 27% | $182,437 |
Who sponsors mechanical engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucid USA, Inc. | 109 | $150,500 | 91 |
| Tesla, Inc. | 95 | $155,000 | 72 |
| Zoox Inc. | 34 | $176,000 | 37 |
| Lam Research Corporation | 10 | $126,000 | 12 |
| Zipline International Inc. | 10 | $177,500 | 5 |
| Joby Aero, Inc. | 8 | $169,500 | 6 |
| 1X Technologies, Inc. | 8 | $150,500 | — |
| OpenAI OpCo, LLC | 7 | $399,000 | — |
| Alten Technology USA, Inc. | 6 | $107,500 | 11 |
| Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | 5 | $132,000 | 1 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 5 | $189,000 | 1 |
| DoorDash, Inc. | 4 | $200,000 | — |
| Diamond Foundry Inc. | 4 | $155,000 | — |
| Delta Electronics (Americas) Ltd. | 4 | $126,000 | — |
| Agility Robotics Inc. | 4 | $195,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Design Engineer, Design Engineer, Project Engineer, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Product Engineer, Quality Engineer, Manufacturing 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.