Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Quality Engineer I
Occupation profile for Quality Engineer I covers 22 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $83,458.
- FY2026 certified median
- $83,458
- Total filings
- 22
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $79,797–$86,985
- Top employer
- Grove Technical Resources, Inc.
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 7 | $72,833 | $71,404 | $76,388 |
| FY2025 | 9 | $76,866 | $75,550 | $84,605 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 6 | $83,458 | $79,797 | $86,985 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Grove Technical Resources, Inc.3 filings
- Quanta Manufacturing Nashville, LLC2 filings
- Akkodis, Inc.1 filings
- Apollo Medical Extrusion Technologies, Inc.1 filings
- Azzur Group1 filings
- Covidien LP1 filings
- EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION1 filings
- InBios International, Inc.1 filings
- INTELLECTT, INC.1 filings
- International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc.1 filings
Top cities
- Orange3 filings
- Fremont2 filings
- Warsaw2 filings
- Irvine1 filings
- Des Plaines1 filings
- Burlington1 filings
- Brooklyn Park1 filings
- Coon Rapids1 filings
- Golden Valley1 filings
- Minnetonka1 filings
Filings by employer and title
Prevailing wages by area and occupation
The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | New Haven, CTArea 35300 | 17-2112 | $81,890 | $95,118 | $108,326 | $121,555 |
| 2026-27 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WIArea 33460 | 17-2112 | $81,286 | $96,928 | $112,590 | $128,232 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 17-2112 | $96,096 | $117,624 | $139,131 | $160,659 |
| 2026-27 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 14460 | 17-2112 | $89,149 | $104,541 | $119,933 | $135,325 |
| 2026-27 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 16980 | 17-2112 | $75,421 | $91,146 | $106,891 | $122,616 |
| 2026-27 | Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan areaArea 1800001 | 17-2031 | $62,109 | $81,744 | $101,379 | $121,014 |
| 2026-27 | Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan areaArea 1800001 | 17-2112 | $70,824 | $81,723 | $92,643 | $103,542 |
| 2026-27 | Columbus, OHArea 18140 | 17-2112 | $76,835 | $89,731 | $102,648 | $115,544 |
| 2026-27 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 19100 | 15-1253 | $70,054 | $88,566 | $107,099 | $125,611 |
| 2026-27 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 19100 | 17-2112 | $80,517 | $97,261 | $113,984 | $130,728 |