Mechanical Design Engineer Salary

Average Yearly Salary

Updated May 18, 2020

$73,000

$58,000

$73,000

$93,000

Mechanical design engineers in the United States make an average salary of $73,979 per year or $35.57 per hour. People on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $58,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $93,000. As most things go, location can be critical. California, New Mexico, Maryland, Delaware, and Arizona provide the highest mechanical design engineer salaries.

Best Paying Cities

San Francisco, CA

$98,756

Washington, DC

$85,731

Phoenix, AZ

$81,845

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Map of Mechanical Design Engineer Salaries

The darker areas on the map show where Mechanical Design Engineers earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.

Average Salary:

Average Mechanical Design Engineer Salary By Location

If both location and money are important to you, then you might want to check out moving to California, New Mexico and Maryland, as these three states offer the highest salaries throughout the U.S. for mechanical design engineers. Quite opposite of that list is the lowest paying states, which are Ohio, Kansas, and West Virginia.

City

Average Salary

San Francisco, CA

$98,756

$99k

Washington, DC

$85,731

$86k

Phoenix, AZ

$81,845

$82k

Everett, WA

$81,334

$81k

Houston, TX

$80,263

$80k

Attleboro, MA

$78,418

$78k

Chicago, IL

$76,619

$77k

Greenville, SC

$74,539

$75k

Gainesville, FL

$74,053

$74k

Grand Rapids, MI

$73,519

$74k

Average Mechanical Design Engineer Salary By Company

If you want to get paid the most as a mechanical design engineer, being employed by a company such as Apple or Nvidia would be a smart choice, as they are the highest paying companies in this field. Additionally, companies like Western Digital and Facebook also report highly competitive salaries for mechanical design engineers.

Company

Average Salary

Apple

$125,754

$126k

Nvidia

$122,355

$122k

Western Digital

$120,460

$120k

Facebook

$111,991

$112k

KLA

$108,949

$109k

NCR

$105,473

$105k

LSI Logic

$105,210

$105k

Juniper Networks

$104,453

$104k

General Electric

$104,298

$104k

Nokia

$103,512

$104k

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Average Mechanical Design Engineer Pay By Industry

The salary for a mechanical design engineer can vary depending on what industry the job is in. The highest salaries for mechanical design engineers tend to be found in automotive, technology, and manufacturing companies. In fact, mechanical design engineers can make a yearly salary of $77,998 while working for automotive companies.

Industry

Average Salary

Automotive

$77,998

$78k

Technology

$77,547

$78k

Manufacturing

$73,207

$73k

Retail

$66,209

$66k