Mechanical Engineer salary in Miami, FL

Based on 117 certified H-1B filings in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Plantation, Medley, Palm Beach Gardens, Juno Beach, Jupiter.

Also listed as: Mechanical Design Engineer

Median salary$96,000
Middle 50%$81.2k–$125k
vs. national median−11%comparison median $108,000
Filings117FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $62,941 and $169,876.
PercentileSalary
10th$66,600
25th$81,162
50th (median)$96,000
75th$125,000
90th$147,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $85k $110k FY2020: median $72,051 (54 filings) FY2021: median $76,000 (52 filings) FY2022: median $76,217 (64 filings) FY2023: median $86,840 (73 filings) FY2024: median $80,000 (41 filings) FY2025: median $99,775 (72 filings) FY2026: median $93,907 (45 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 54 filings FY20 FY2021: 52 filings FY21 FY2022: 64 filings FY22 FY2023: 73 filings FY23 FY2024: 41 filings FY24 FY2025: 72 filings FY25 FY2026: 45 filings FY26 73
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$72,051$65,625$95,45154
FY2021$76,000$70,000$89,58052
FY2022$76,217$72,249$90,00064
FY2023$86,840$70,000$100,00073
FY2024$80,000$75,000$100,00041
FY2025$99,775$82,653$126,06372
FY2026$93,907$81,162$117,62445

Cost of living

Miami's median Mechanical Engineer salary of $96,000 is worth about $84,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Miami = 114.2).

Compared with all workers here

All Mechanical Engineers in the Miami, FL area earned a median of $99,660 in May 2025 (2,000 employed). The H-1B median here is $96,000, 4% lower.

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

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Magic Leap$144,61211
NextEra Energy Resourcestoo few8
American Beverage Depottoo few4
Millennium Machinery Parts & Servicetoo few4
NextEra Energy Project Managementtoo few4
Fordtoo few3
Amr Powersportstoo few3
Navinta Iiitoo few3
Titan Floridatoo few3
Aveva Drug Delivery Systemstoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $67,750 30
Mid-level · Level II $85,571 35
Senior · Level III $110,640 20
Expert · Level IV $144,806 30

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$65,728$67,75030
Mid-level · Level II$81,162$85,57135
Senior · Level III$105,414$110,64020
Expert · Level IV$117,624$144,80630

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.