Mechanical Engineer at Boeing — H-1B Wage Level, PERM Record & Green Card Timeline

Boeing is a small-volume but well-matched H-1B sponsor for Mechanical Engineers: it filed 53 H-1B LCAs in FY2025 at an average proffered wage of $140,889, and Mechanical Engineers (30 workers) is Boeing's single largest documented H-1B occupation, ahead even of Aerospace Engineers (28). USCIS approved 21 of 23 petitions in the current fiscal year (91.3%) — slightly below the near-99% rates typical of large IT-services filers, consistent with Boeing's small annual filing volume where a single denial moves the percentage meaningfully. Boeing filed 4 green card labor certifications and 103 prevailing wage determination requests in FY2025, and is not H-1B dependent.

Data Table: Boeing H-1B & Green Card Snapshot

Metric	Value	Source
H-1B LCAs certified, FY2025	49 certified / 4 cert-withdrawn	DOL OFLC LCA disclosure
Green card labor certifications (LC), FY2025	4	DOL OFLC LCA disclosure
Prevailing wage determination requests, FY2025	103	flag.dol.gov wage data
H-1B petitions filed/approved, FY2026 YTD	23 filed / 21 approved (91.3%) / 2 denied	USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
Average H-1B proffered wage, FY2025	$140,889	DOL OFLC LCA disclosure
Average green card proffered wage, FY2025	$135,320	DOL OFLC LCA disclosure
Average prevailing wage, FY2025	$146,306	flag.dol.gov wage data
Mechanical Engineers named H-1B occupation	30 workers — Boeing top occupation, direct match	DOL LCA disclosure
H-1B dependent employer status	No	DOL LCA filings
EB-2 cutoff (India / China / RoW)	Unavailable / Sep 1 2021 / Current	DOS Visa Bulletin, August 2026
EB-3 cutoff (India / China / RoW)	Jan 1 2014 / Jan 1 2022 / Sep 1 2024	DOS Visa Bulletin, August 2026
I-140 / I-485 processing	2.5–30 months (15 business days premium) / 8.5–38 months	USCIS egov.uscis.gov

Data as of August 2026 · sources: DOL OFLC LCA disclosure, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, DOS Visa Bulletin, egov.uscis.gov

FAQs

Does Boeing sponsor Mechanical Engineers for H-1B? Yes, directly — Mechanical Engineers is Boeing's single largest documented H-1B occupation, ahead of Aerospace Engineers, confirming strong occupational fit.

What's Boeing's average H-1B wage? $140,889 in FY2025, competitive with large tech and finance sponsors, reflecting Boeing's senior engineering hiring profile.

Why is Boeing's approval rate lower than large IT-services firms? At 91.3%, Boeing's approval rate reflects a very small annual petition volume (23 in the current fiscal year) — a single denial has an outsized statistical impact versus a filer processing thousands of petitions.

Is Boeing H-1B dependent? No.

How active is Boeing's green card pipeline for engineers? Boeing filed only 4 green card labor certifications in FY2025 against 103 prevailing wage determination requests — a large gap suggesting many prevailing wage requests don't convert to filed PERM cases in the same year, or reflect early-stage planning ahead of filing.

What's the realistic green card wait for an India-chargeability Boeing engineer? EB-3 India sits at January 1, 2014 and EB-2 India is unavailable per the August 2026 Visa Bulletin — a multi-year wait post-PERM/I-140 regardless of Boeing's internal speed.

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