H-1B job title salary

Hardware Development Engineer

#404 most-filed title 135 certified LCAs filed under 7 occupations

Median salary

$152,000

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$133,105 – $166,525

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

-1.94%

-4.91% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

135 filings

Hardware Development Engineer pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$115,678

P25$133,105

Median$152,000

P75$166,525

P90$188,000

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$140,00011 LCAs

Level II$145,00056 LCAs

Level III$158,41336 LCAs

Level IV$178,1105 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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Based on hrs/week × weeks/year = 2,080 hrs

SOC split

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Computer Hardware Engineers 65%Industrial Engineers 19%Electrical Engineers 6%Engineers, All Other 4%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Computer Hardware Engineers 17-2061	65.19%	88	$137,093	$155,000	$167,188
Industrial Engineers 17-2112	19.26%	26	$135,250	$146,395	$161,600
Electrical Engineers 17-2071	5.93%	8	$112,248	$119,672	$136,179
Engineers, All Other 17-2199	3.7%	5	$133,964	$144,189	$153,254

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer	LCAs	Median	vs all sponsors
Amazon SOC 17-2061 · Computer Hardware Engineers	83	$156,200	+0.8%
Amazon SOC 17-2112 · Industrial Engineers	25	$147,290	+0.6%

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.