Mechanical design engineers make $77,566 per year on average, or $37.29 per hour, in the United States. Mechanical design engineers on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $61,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $97,000.
Location impacts how much a mechanical design engineer can expect to make. Mechanical design engineers make the most in California, Arizona, Washington, Nevada, and New Mexico.
The darker areas on the map show where mechanical design engineers earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.
Rank | State | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Count |
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1 | California | $102,529 | $49.29 | 9,915 |
2 | Arizona | $89,670 | $43.11 | 1,300 |
3 | Washington | $88,829 | $42.71 | 1,789 |
4 | Colorado | $84,562 | $40.65 | 1,316 |
5 | Massachusetts | $83,400 | $40.10 | 1,745 |
6 | New Mexico | $84,945 | $40.84 | 246 |
7 | Texas | $79,944 | $38.43 | 3,161 |
8 | District of Columbia | $87,690 | $42.16 | 405 |
9 | Oregon | $80,703 | $38.80 | 999 |
10 | Nevada | $85,765 | $41.23 | 242 |
11 | Utah | $76,916 | $36.98 | 586 |
12 | Delaware | $78,651 | $37.81 | 232 |
13 | Connecticut | $78,589 | $37.78 | 599 |
14 | Alaska | $80,149 | $38.53 | 109 |
15 | Maryland | $81,397 | $39.13 | 978 |
16 | Georgia | $76,736 | $36.89 | 1,463 |
17 | Rhode Island | $76,558 | $36.81 | 159 |
18 | West Virginia | $78,192 | $37.59 | 121 |
19 | Tennessee | $78,535 | $37.76 | 475 |
20 | Alabama | $73,344 | $35.26 | 679 |
21 | Louisiana | $79,372 | $38.16 | 222 |
22 | Illinois | $78,124 | $37.56 | 1,526 |
23 | Michigan | $72,333 | $34.78 | 1,249 |
24 | Florida | $75,046 | $36.08 | 2,079 |
25 | Idaho | $74,811 | $35.97 | 223 |
26 | New Hampshire | $73,319 | $35.25 | 302 |
27 | Virginia | $75,687 | $36.39 | 1,737 |
28 | New York | $75,712 | $36.40 | 1,960 |
29 | Oklahoma | $74,448 | $35.79 | 234 |
30 | Hawaii | $79,536 | $38.24 | 101 |
31 | Indiana | $70,944 | $34.11 | 769 |
32 | Minnesota | $70,504 | $33.90 | 1,073 |
33 | Ohio | $70,602 | $33.94 | 1,178 |
34 | Nebraska | $70,651 | $33.97 | 270 |
35 | South Carolina | $72,143 | $34.68 | 492 |
36 | Wyoming | $68,500 | $32.93 | 103 |
37 | New Jersey | $74,892 | $36.01 | 855 |
38 | Pennsylvania | $68,943 | $33.15 | 1,412 |
39 | Maine | $71,396 | $34.33 | 138 |
40 | Iowa | $68,461 | $32.91 | 446 |
41 | North Carolina | $67,537 | $32.47 | 1,269 |
42 | Wisconsin | $66,223 | $31.84 | 855 |
43 | Missouri | $70,552 | $33.92 | 582 |
44 | Kentucky | $68,605 | $32.98 | 295 |
45 | Montana | $68,462 | $32.91 | 143 |
46 | Kansas | $68,010 | $32.70 | 328 |
47 | Vermont | $63,883 | $30.71 | 128 |
48 | North Dakota | $63,013 | $30.29 | 116 |
49 | Mississippi | $65,812 | $31.64 | 140 |
50 | Arkansas | $63,550 | $30.55 | 256 |
51 | South Dakota | $60,322 | $29.00 | 89 |
Rank | City | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate |
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1 | San Francisco, CA | $105,869 | $50.90 |
2 | Phoenix, AZ | $89,871 | $43.21 |
3 | Seattle, WA | $88,804 | $42.69 |
4 | Washington, DC | $87,722 | $42.17 |
5 | Attleboro, MA | $84,225 | $40.49 |
6 | Austin, TX | $80,396 | $38.65 |
7 | Chicago, IL | $78,088 | $37.54 |
8 | Savannah, GA | $77,027 | $37.03 |
9 | New York, NY | $76,085 | $36.58 |
10 | Miami, FL | $74,115 | $35.63 |
11 | Farmington Hills, MI | $72,489 | $34.85 |
12 | Greenville, SC | $71,861 | $34.55 |
13 | Columbus, IN | $71,168 | $34.22 |
14 | Columbus, OH | $70,808 | $34.04 |
15 | Plymouth, MN | $70,557 | $33.92 |
Percentile | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate |
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90th Percentile | $97,000 | $8,083 | $47 |
75th Percentile | $87,000 | $7,250 | $42 |
Average | $77,566 | $6,464 | $37 |
25th Percentile | $68,000 | $5,667 | $33 |
10th Percentile | $61,000 | $5,083 | $29 |
Job Title | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
---|---|---|---|---|
Engineer | $86,463 | $7,205 | $41.57 | 618,207 |
Product Engineer | $87,371 | $7,281 | $42.01 | 157,888 |
Staff Engineer | $113,160 | $9,430 | $54.40 | 277,011 |
Equipment Engineer | $102,787 | $8,566 | $49.42 | 108,449 |
Tool Engineer | $100,572 | $8,381 | $48.35 | 98,936 |
Development Engineer | $96,498 | $8,041 | $46.39 | 224,881 |
Here are the five companies hiring the most now:
Rank | Company | Average Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Meta | $123,905 | $59.57 | 858 |
2 | KLA | $103,675 | $49.84 | 143 |
3 | Juniper Networks | $103,648 | $49.83 | 19 |
4 | Lam Research | $100,405 | $48.27 | 76 |
5 | Keysight Technologies | $100,368 | $48.25 | 48 |
6 | Sandia National Labs | $98,706 | $47.45 | 139 |
7 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $98,479 | $47.35 | |
8 | HP | $98,114 | $47.17 | 49 |
9 | Zoox | $97,996 | $47.11 | 34 |
10 | Apple | $97,460 | $46.86 | 1443 |
11 | Finisar | $96,733 | $46.51 | |
12 | Western Digital | $96,150 | $46.23 | 70 |
13 | Intuitive Surgical | $93,526 | $44.96 | 85 |
14 | Coherent | $92,147 | $44.30 | 17 |
15 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | $91,745 | $44.11 | 29 |
16 | NCR | $91,368 | $43.93 | 8 |
17 | A123 Systems | $91,290 | $43.89 | 5 |
18 | Autodesk | $91,024 | $43.76 | 29 |
19 | Genentech | $90,966 | $43.73 | 12 |
20 | Berry Global | $90,536 | $43.53 | 15 |
Here are some examples of how much a mechanical design engineer salaries can based on different industries:
The automotive industry pays mechanical design engineers an average salary of $83,798
The transportation industry pay $82,856
The lowest paying industry for mechanical design engineers is the technology industry. Mechanical design engineers in this industry earn an average salary of $79,684
Rank | Industry | Average Salary | Hourly Rate |
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1 | Automotive | $83,798 | $40.29 |
2 | Transportation | $82,856 | $39.83 |
3 | Retail | $82,370 | $39.60 |
4 | Professional | $82,324 | $39.58 |
5 | Manufacturing | $82,028 | $39.44 |
6 | Energy | $82,005 | $39.43 |
7 | Technology | $79,684 | $38.31 |
Experience Level | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate |
---|---|---|
Entry Level | $61,500 | $29.57 |
Mid Level | $75,100 | $36.10 |
Senior Level | $120,000 | $57.61 |
Compare salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.
Year | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | % Change |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | $77,600 | $37.29 | +1.9% |
2021 | $76,100 | $36.58 | +1.2% |
2020 | $75,200 | $36.14 | +1.7% |
2019 | $73,900 | $35.52 | +2.0% |
2018 | $72,400 | $34.82 | +0.7% |
Company | Job | Location | Date Added | Salary |
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Craft Recruiting | Mechanical Design Engineer | Austin, TX | 06/01/2022 | $90,000 |
Launch Technical Workforce Solutions | Engineer-Mechanical Design | Springdale, AR | 05/31/2022 | $107,501 |
General Electric | Mechanical Design Engineer, Outage Engineering | Wilmington, NC | 05/29/2022 | $80,000 |
Sierra Nevada Corporation | Mechanical Engineer II-Payload Design | Englewood, CO | 05/26/2022 | $76,956 |
Merrick | Mechanical Engineer-Equipment Design | Greenwood Village, CO | 05/24/2022 | $95,000 |
Konik | Mechanical Design Engineer | Minneapolis, MN | 05/24/2022 | $105,000 |
Performance Services | Mechanical Design Engineer | Lombard, IL | 05/23/2022 | $105,000 |
Erie Industrial Equipment | Mechanical Design Engineer | Lakewood, OH | 05/23/2022 | $60,000 |
Performance Services | Mechanical Design Engineer | Indianapolis, IN | 05/18/2022 | $85,000 |
Selectek, Inc. | Mechanical Design Engineer | Cartersville, GA | 05/18/2022 | $79,306 |
California pays Mechanical Design Engineers the most in the United States, with an average salary of $102,529 per year, or $49.29 per hour.
You know if you are being paid fairly as a Mechanical Design Engineer if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in Arizona you should be paid close to $89,670 per year.
Staff Engineer gets paid the most. Staff Engineer made a median salary of $113,160. The best-paid 10 percent make $139,000, while the lowest-paid 10 percent make $91,000.
Mechanical designers make $64,000 a year, on average. The range, however, can start as low as $51,000 to as high as $125,000 a year. Factors such as experience, company type, and location impact how much a mechanical designer can earn.
Mechanical engineers start off making $64,501 a year, on average. The range and what a mechanical engineer can make just starting out begins from as little as $48,000 a year to as much as $70,000 a year. Factors such as location and company type impact where on the pay scale a mechanical engineer will land.
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