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Design Engineer salary in South Carolina

A real-employer view of 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 5, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Design Engineer in South Carolina: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 6 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $91,275. 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 II — qualified4$87,275
Level III — experienced1$95,000

Top employers filing for this role

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

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Stanadyne Operating Company, LLCLead Design Engineer1$120,000
BOSCH REXROTH CORPORATIONDesign Engineer1$87,550
MEKRA Lang North America, LLCDesign Engineer1$75,005
Solution Services Inc.Design Engineer1$95,000
META IT CORPDESIGN ENGINEER1$87,000
Freightliner Custom Chassis CorporationDesign Engineer II1$104,616

Recent sample filings

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

  • Lead Design Engineer at Stanadyne Operating Company, LLC
    $120,000
    ColumbiaDecided Dec 19, 2025I-200-25346-479970
  • Design Engineer at BOSCH REXROTH CORPORATION
    $87,550
    Fountain InnWage Level IIDecided May 22, 2025I-200-25135-982350
  • Design Engineer at MEKRA Lang North America, LLC
    $75,005
    RidgewayWage Level IIDecided Apr 29, 2025I-200-25112-891866
  • Design Engineer at Solution Services Inc.
    $95,000
    West ColumbiaWage Level IIIDecided Mar 12, 2025I-200-25064-747241
  • DESIGN ENGINEER at META IT CORP
    $87,000
    SIMPSONVILLEWage Level IIDecided Dec 31, 2024I-200-24355-561404
  • Design Engineer II at Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation
    $104,616
    GaffneyWage Level IIDecided Oct 24, 2024I-200-24291-414999

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.