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Design Engineer salary in Texas

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 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Design Engineer in Texas: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 35 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $93,018. 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 — entry13$83,722
Level II — qualified15$102,856
Level III — experienced2$124,363
Level IV — fully competent1$147,181

Top employers filing for this role

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

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Daikin Comfort Technologies Manufacturing, L.P.Design Engineer6$85,104
Colonial Staffing Group IncDesign Engineer4$87,360
PACCAR IncDesign Engineer3$86,466
Infosys Nova Holdings LLCDesign Engineer3$108,675
TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS), INCDesign Engineer2$97,937
Worldwide Oilfield Machine IncDesign Engineer2$109,000
DEEPSEA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Design Engineer2$103,000
Premiere, Inc.Senior Design Engineer1$90,000
CATERPILLAR INC.Senior Design Engineer1$106,870
SFS DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE LLCDesign Engineer1$69,000

Recent sample filings

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

  • Senior Design Engineer at Premiere, Inc.
    $90,000
    HoustonDecided Dec 2, 2025I-200-25328-432621
  • Senior Design Engineer at CATERPILLAR INC.
    $106,870
    DENISONDecided Nov 20, 2025I-200-25317-405230
  • Design Engineer at Daikin Comfort Technologies Manufacturing, L.P.
    $86,485
    WallerDecided Nov 5, 2025I-200-25269-338899
  • Design Engineer at TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS), INC
    $93,018
    CarrolltonDecided Nov 4, 2025I-200-25268-333374
  • Design Engineer at PACCAR Inc
    $93,018
    DentonWage Level IIDecided Sep 8, 2025I-200-25241-276471
  • Design Engineer at Infosys Nova Holdings LLC
    $105,000
    RichardsonWage Level IIDecided Sep 3, 2025I-200-25238-267177
  • Design Engineer at Worldwide Oilfield Machine Inc
    $109,000
    HoustonWage Level IIDecided Jul 31, 2025I-200-25205-197333
  • Design Engineer at PACCAR Inc
    $86,466
    DentonWage Level IIDecided Jun 18, 2025I-200-25162-082310

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.