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Mechanical Engineer salary
In the U.S., mechanical engineers (SOC 17-2141) earned a median $104,110 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 21 job ads on Jobiba that pay in US dollars from the last 12 months has a median of $160,000. The middle half of those ads list $97,250 to $209,500, based on 21 salaries from 12 employers, updated 22 Oct 2026.
Range in job ads
$97,250–$209,500
Median in job ads: $160,000 / year
Based on 21 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
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Mechanical Engineers: official U.S. pay, May 2025
In the U.S., mechanical engineers (SOC 17-2141) earned a median $104,110 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 21 job ads on Jobiba that pay in US dollars from the last 12 months has a median of $160,000.
- 10th percentile
- $73,990
- 25th percentile
- $84,130
- Median
- $104,110
- 75th percentile
- $132,590
- 90th percentile
- $164,340
Jobiba's job-ad median is 54% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are SharkNinja, OpenAI and Carbon, Inc.. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
Occupation: Mechanical Engineers (SOC 17-2141) · 296,810 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation across the U.S., all industries and employer sizes (self-employed excluded) — not only jobs that are advertised. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (public domain), retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
- Median in job ads
- $160,000
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $137,180
- Sep 2026
- Low $137,180 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 21
- from 12 employers
- Last updated
- 22 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 22 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $69,680
- 25th percentile
- $97,250
- Median
- $160,000
- 75th percentile
- $209,500
- 90th percentile
- $360,500
Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Pay listed by employers
Latest Mechanical Engineer jobs that show their pay
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Mechanical Engineer, PCBA Test Infrastructure, RoboticsOpenAI · posted 19 Oct 2026$318,000 – $423,000
- Data Center Mechanical EngineerAnthropic · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$320,000 – $405,000
- Product Design Mechanical EngineerVerkada · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$155,000 – $250,000
- Spring 2027: Mechanical Engineering Co-op, Shark (January to June)SharkNinja · Senior level · posted 16 Oct 2026$62,400 – $74,880
- Summer 2027: Mechanical Engineering Intern, Shark (May to August)SharkNinja · Entry level · posted 16 Oct 2026$56,160 – $83,200
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
21 salaries from 12 employers, posted between 22 Oct 2025 and 22 Oct 2026. Last updated 22 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 90%
- Pay read from posting text 5%
- Other sources 5%
Live jobs
Mechanical Engineer jobs
Mechanical Engineering, Intern - Labs (Summer 2027)
Oakland, California, United States
$89.1K – $131K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Mechanical Engineer - Engineer, Chassis & Vehicle Dynamic
Oakland, California, United States
$109.5K – $161K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Mechanical Engineer, PCBA Test Infrastructure, Robotics
San Francisco, California, United States
$318K – $423K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Data Center Mechanical Engineer
Friendly, United States
$320K – $405K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Product Design Mechanical Engineer
San Mateo, CA United States
$155K – $250K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Summer 2027: Mechanical Engineering Intern, Shark (May to August)
Needham, MA, United States
$27 – $40/hr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Spring 2027: Mechanical Engineering Co-op, Shark (January to June)
Needham, MA, United States
$30 – $36/hr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer
New Caledonia
$167.6K – $251.4K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
How Jobiba calculates this
Real postings first, estimates second
- • Uses salary-listed Jobiba job posts from the last 12 months, including posts that have since closed.
- • A post counts only when it states a salary, a currency and a pay period.
- • Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay becomes a yearly figure; no currency is converted or mixed.
- • Impossible values and extreme outliers are removed, and title variants are grouped into one role.
- • Reports the median (the middle value, not the average) and the middle half, only when enough posts back them.
- • Pay Jobiba works out for a job without a stated salary is labelled a Jobiba estimate, never shown as employer-provided pay.
Based on 21 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
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Mechanical Engineer salary: common questions
What is the average Mechanical Engineer salary in 2026?
In the U.S., mechanical engineers (SOC 17-2141) earned a median $104,110 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 21 job ads on Jobiba that pay in US dollars from the last 12 months has a median of $160,000. The middle half of those job ads pay between $97,250 and $209,500 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
Why is Mechanical Engineer pay in job ads different from the BLS figure?
Jobiba's job-ad median is 54% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are SharkNinja, OpenAI and Carbon, Inc.. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
How does Jobiba calculate Mechanical Engineer salary?
From 21 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.