U.S. federal courts
Engineering expert witness rates, set by federal courts
This band is smaller than the medical ones, and we'd rather say so than pad it: 11 determinations in 9 orders, 8 named engineers, 2011–2024. It earns its place anyway, because a thin court-set band beats a wide survey — each value here is a rate a federal court allowed in writing, and 7 of the 11 were approved at the rate the expert asked for. If your discipline sits at the edge of "engineering," email us before you buy and we'll tell you straight.
Court-determined hourly rates
| 25th percentile | $312.50 |
| Median | $367.50 |
| 75th percentile | $382.50 |
Since 2015: median $375/hr over 9 values (8 named experts, 1 unnamed), drawn from 10 rate determinations.
From the record
Three of the determinations behind this band, described the way the exhibit cites them — the exhibit itself names the experts, quotes the orders, and links each one to the public court document it came from:
- mechanical engineering · S.D.N.Y. · Nov. 2024 · $375/hr · approved as requested
- engineering · M.D. Fla. · Sept. 2023 · $350/hr · court set
- engineering · E.D. La. · Sept. 2020 · $275/hr · approved as requested
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