Austin · United States
Mechanical Engineer salary in Austin
Pay for Mechanical Engineer in Austin, United States, worked out from salary-listed jobs there. Figures cover United States only and are never mixed with other currencies.
Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mechanical Engineers: official pay in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, May 2025
In the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, mechanical engineers (SOC 17-2141) earned a median $106,690 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- 10th percentile
- $68,080
- 25th percentile
- $92,130
- Median
- $106,690
- 75th percentile
- $145,090
- 90th percentile
- $173,210
Occupation: Mechanical Engineers (SOC 17-2141) · 1,790 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan statistical area, 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 (metropolitan area data) (public domain), retrieved 1 Nov 2026.
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