Caterpillar
Offered base salaries from 268 certified H-1B filings, across 9 roles in 14 metro areas.
Half of Caterpillar's certified filings offered $108,077 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $97,032 and $127,754. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.
What they hire for
Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.
| Role | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $127,754 | $90k – $177k | 94 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $100,298 | $80k – $138k | 59 |
| Electrical Engineers | $100,069 | $84k – $133k | 50 |
| Data Scientists | $101,546 | $85k – $142k | 26 |
| Industrial Engineers | $103,584 | $88k – $132k | 13 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $112,611 | $74k – $113k | 6 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $116,085 | $82k – $116k | 5 |
| Engineers, All Other | $91,125 | $91k – $157k | 5 |
| Database Architects | $147,472 | $144k – $147k | 4 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria, IL | $100,298 | $74k – $133k | 138 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $127,754 | $82k – $164k | 53 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $121,098 | $92k – $150k | 14 |
| Tucson, AZ | $104,998 | $80k – $131k | 7 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | $115,586 | $84k – $139k | 6 |
| Decatur, IL | $103,584 | $81k – $132k | 6 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $117,021 | $106k – $170k | 5 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $115,024 | $93k – $181k | 4 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $140,754 | $107k – $144k | 4 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $157,099 | $110k – $169k | 4 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Caterpillar's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.
| Role — Metro | Median offer | Filings | vs. market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineers — Peoria | $100,069 | 44 | −1.4% |
| Mechanical Engineers — Peoria | $100,298 | 42 | −22.1% |
| Software Developers — Peoria | $114,566 | 34 | −12.3% |
| Software Developers — Chicago | $148,949 | 26 | +10.8% |
| Data Scientists — Chicago | $96,928 | 15 | −10.0% |
| Software Developers — Dallas | $127,878 | 9 | −4.1% |
| Industrial Engineers — Peoria | $111,342 | 6 | −5.0% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — Chicago | $116,085 | 5 | +9.9% |
| Mechanical Engineers — Tucson | $97,240 | 5 | −2.5% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 268 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
- Market comparison
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Caterpillar's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.