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Engineer salary in Minnesota

A real-employer view of Engineer pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Engineer in Minnesota: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 16 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $111,023. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry4$88,020
Level II — qualified6$98,047
Level III — experienced1$126,027

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Engineer in Minnesota. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Seagate US LLCEngineer II5$118,742
Xcel Energy Services, Inc.Engineer2$84,027
Micron Technology, Inc.Staff Engineer, ASIC Design Verification1$169,759
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.Engineer, Operations Systems1$109,000
QUANTA TECHNOLOGY LLCEngineer III1$115,000
Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota CorporationStaff Engineer1$115,564
Northern States Power Company, MinnesotaEngineer II1$121,610
Allete, Inc.Engineer II1$84,885
M. A. Mortenson CompanyEngineer III1$94,203
T-Mobile USA, Inc.Engineer, Radio Frequency1$101,891

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Principal Engineer at Seagate US LLC
    $176,384
    ShakopeeDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25356-504103
  • Staff Engineer, ASIC Design Verification at Micron Technology, Inc.
    $169,759
    MinneapolisDecided Dec 1, 2025I-200-25325-428182
  • Engineer, Operations Systems at Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
    $109,000
    EaganDecided Nov 26, 2025I-200-25323-422639
  • Engineer III at QUANTA TECHNOLOGY LLC
    $115,000
    Maple GroveDecided Nov 4, 2025I-200-25268-334630
  • Staff Engineer at Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota Corporation
    $115,564
    Maple GroveWage Level IIDecided Jun 9, 2025I-200-25153-041053
  • Engineer II at Northern States Power Company, Minnesota
    $121,610
    WelchWage Level IDecided Jun 2, 2025I-200-25143-014237
  • Engineer at Xcel Energy Services, Inc.
    $76,898
    MinneapolisWage Level IDecided May 28, 2025I-200-25141-999641
  • Engineer II at Seagate US LLC
    $94,203
    BloomingtonWage Level IIDecided May 19, 2025I-200-25132-966526

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.