Mid-level Industrial Engineer salary in St. Louis, MO

Based on 20 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes St. Charles, Maryland Heights, Chesterfield, St Charles, O Fallon.

Also listed as: Manufacturing Engineer

Median salary$88,442
Middle 50%$84.6k–$92.1k
vs. all levels here−1%comparison median $88,970
Filings20FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $83,595 and $104,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$83,595
25th$84,649
50th (median)$88,442
75th$92,073
90th$98,420

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2020: median $81,099 (10 filings) FY2021: median $82,160 (10 filings) FY2025: median $88,471 (10 filings) FY2026: median $84,298 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 10 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 5 filings FY22 FY2023: 7 filings FY23 FY2024: 9 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 filings FY26 10
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$81,099$81,099$85,00010
FY2021$82,160$81,286$91,09210
FY2022–––5
FY2023–––7
FY2024–––9
FY2025$88,471$88,442$89,44010
FY2026$84,298$83,595$93,17810

Cost of living

St. Louis's median mid-level Industrial Engineer salary of $88,442 is worth about $93,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; St. Louis = 95.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Industrial Engineers in the St. Louis, MO area earned a median of $102,230 in May 2025 (2,580 employed). The H-1B median here is $88,442, 13% lower.

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
Thermo Fisher Scientifictoo few3
Aclara Technologiestoo few2
Narvee Techtoo few2
The Productivity Teamtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $70,902 19
Mid-level · Level II $88,442 20
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV $124,598 14

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$70,574$70,90219
Mid-level · Level II$83,595$88,44220
Expert · Level IV$114,358$124,59814

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.