I have been working as a mechanical design engineer for 5.5 years. I had a 2 year gap for doing on campus MSME. Currently at my 3rd company(2.5 years) making 105k in Midwest. I am pretty confident at what I do and looking make my next move, what kind companies would offer 140-150k for 5 year experienced mechanical design engineer at a low to mid cost area in US?

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My path to $150+ in my 30s in the Midwest (Ohio) was becoming a technical expert (design, application, estimating, project execution, serviceability, lifecycle management) as well as having a working knowledge of business management.

I have a large in-industry network and a reputation for getting things done, which has lead to competing offers each time I have made it known that I was open to a move.

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I was recently working at Los Alamos National Laboratory and they pay quite a bit for an engineer level 3 for nuclear facilities positions. The only difficulty is the area is a little expensive and the commute is hard at times if you don’t want to pay more to live closer

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That is the rent pretty much every other low cost area now a days. Had to buy a small house to mitigate the loss by rent.

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The challenge with your criteria is low to mid cost areas typically have the pay scales to match unfortunately. Not saying it’s impossible, just how the “market” is set up. It sucks that inflation never stops growing and our pay scales lag way behind.

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Most would kill for $105k salary. But, in my opinion, if you are looking for +$140k salary in low to mid cost area, it would need to be a leadership type position. If you want to remain as an individual contributor, you would need to be in a specialized or subject matter expert.

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I would also like this information, mechanical design engineer 8.5YOE in Indiana. I make about half the requested range and feel underpaid for the value I have brought and am bringing.

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