Mechanical Engineer salary in Trenton, NJ

Based on 23 certified H-1B filings in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Princeton, East Windsor, Pennington, Hamilton, West Windsor Township.

Also listed as: Mechanical Design Engineer

Median salary$90,000
Middle 50%$85.6k–$103.5k
vs. national median−17%comparison median $108,000
Filings23FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $65,880 and $138,065.
PercentileSalary
10th$72,300
25th$85,618
50th (median)$90,000
75th$103,460
90th$118,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2022: median $74,500 (12 filings) FY2023: median $81,702 (13 filings) FY2024: median $83,060 (14 filings) FY2025: median $89,002 (12 filings) FY2026: median $92,352 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 9 filings FY20 FY2021: 7 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 13 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 12 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 14
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–––9
FY2021–––7
FY2022$74,500$70,250$89,07112
FY2023$81,702$64,500$109,99913
FY2024$83,060$71,438$90,17114
FY2025$89,002$80,500$102,50012
FY2026$92,352$87,503$103,46011

Cost of living

Trenton's median Mechanical Engineer salary of $90,000 is worth about $87,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Trenton = 103.2).

Compared with all workers here

All Mechanical Engineers in the Trenton, NJ area earned a median of $101,470 in May 2025 (200 employed). The H-1B median here is $90,000, 11% 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
AuroLogisticstoo few2
Global Engineering and Materialstoo few2
LS Solutionstoo few2
Tendo Technologiestoo few2
The Trustees Of Princeton Universitytoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 6
Mid-level · Level II $92,352 12
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$88,005$92,35212

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.