Senior Engineering Director salary in New York, NY

Based on 27 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Jersey City, Edison, Franklin Lakes, Piscataway.

Also listed as: Architectural and Engineering Manager, Manager Hardware Engineering

Median salary$205,000
Middle 50%$195k–$231.3k
vs. all levels here+5%comparison median $195,042
Filings27FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $189,675 and $325,381.
PercentileSalary
10th$192,895
25th$195,042
50th (median)$205,000
75th$231,301
90th$265,800

Salary by year

Median salary

$160k $195k $230k FY2021: median $184,000 (11 filings) FY2022: median $182,000 (24 filings) FY2023: median $197,500 (16 filings) FY2024: median $210,000 (14 filings) FY2025: median $210,000 (16 filings) FY2026: median $204,780 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 24 filings FY22 FY2023: 16 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 16 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 24
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––8
FY2021$184,000$174,000$194,44911
FY2022$182,000$179,593$205,02024
FY2023$197,500$178,753$229,93516
FY2024$210,000$192,256$224,82514
FY2025$210,000$195,042$248,70216
FY2026$204,780$195,042$221,30111

Cost of living

New York's median senior Engineering Director salary of $205,000 is worth about $182,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Architectural and Engineering Managers in the New York, NY area earned a median of $183,890 in May 2025 (7,580 employed). The H-1B median here is $205,000, 11% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Metatoo few7

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $140,000 29
Mid-level · Level II $172,000 33
Senior · Level III $205,000 27
Expert · Level IV $246,502 40

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$135,928$140,00029
Mid-level · Level II$165,485$172,00033
Senior · Level III$195,042$205,00027
Expert · Level IV$224,598$246,50240

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.