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Senior Design Engineer salary in North Carolina

A real-employer view of Senior Design 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

Senior Design Engineer in North Carolina: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 13 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $89,000. 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 — entry2$71,500
Level II — qualified6$85,800
Level III — experienced2$103,154

Top employers filing for this role

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

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Cyient, Inc.Senior Design Engineer5$85,800
Husqvarna Professional Products, Inc.Senior Design Engineer2$108,000
Airbus Americas, IncDesign Senior Engineer1$127,000
Tata Technologies, Inc.Design Engineer1$106,309
Kanthal Thermal Process, Inc.Senior Design Engineer1$89,000
QUEST GLOBAL SERVICES- N.A., INC.Design Engineer1$72,000
AXISCADES INCDESIGN ENGINEER1$104,308
Stanadyne Operating Company, LLCDesign Engineer1$100,000

Recent sample filings

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

  • Design Senior Engineer at Airbus Americas, Inc
    $127,000
    KinstonDecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25354-500031
  • Senior Design Engineer at Husqvarna Professional Products, Inc.
    $108,000
    CharlotteDecided Dec 19, 2025I-200-25346-478900
  • Design Engineer at Tata Technologies, Inc.
    $106,309
    ClaytonWage Level IIIDecided Aug 25, 2025I-200-25231-250573
  • Lead Design Engineer at Cyient, Inc.
    $71,000
    GreensboroWage Level IDecided Jun 26, 2025I-200-25169-107397
  • Senior Design Engineer at Cyient, Inc.
    $85,800
    GreensboroWage Level IIDecided Jun 11, 2025I-200-25155-051390
  • Senior Design Engineer at Kanthal Thermal Process, Inc.
    $89,000
    ConcordWage Level IIDecided May 28, 2025I-200-25140-995920
  • Design Engineer at QUEST GLOBAL SERVICES- N.A., INC.
    $72,000
    CharlotteWage Level IDecided May 28, 2025I-200-25140-994532
  • Senior Design Engineer at Cyient, Inc.
    $85,800
    GreensboroWage Level IIDecided May 19, 2025I-200-25132-964969

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.