H-1B job title salary

Hardware Engineer

#175 most-filed title 333 certified LCAs filed under 10 occupations

Median salary

$156,853

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$127,171 – $186,472

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+2.18%

-0.92% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

0.1%

333 filings

Hardware Engineer pay range

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

P10$101,257

P25$127,171

Median$156,853

P75$186,472

P90$210,389

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$100,89538 LCAs

Level II$128,89896 LCAs

Level III$180,00057 LCAs

Level IV$204,90173 LCAs

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

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SOC split

Hardware Engineer pay by occupation code

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

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 56%Computer Hardware Engineers 29%Electrical Engineers 8%Mechanical Engineers 4%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072	56.46%	188	$135,602	$166,195	$192,494
Computer Hardware Engineers 17-2061	28.53%	95	$115,126	$142,860	$182,150
Electrical Engineers 17-2071	8.41%	28	$100,885	$130,074	$145,873
Mechanical Engineers 17-2141	3.6%	12	$117,238	$125,181	$139,079

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

Top H-1B sponsors for Hardware Engineer

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
Nvidia SOC 17-2072 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	129	$178,006	+7.1%
Google SOC 17-2061 · Computer Hardware Engineers	15	$197,000	+37.9%
Cisco SOC 17-2072 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	14	$152,485	-8.2%
Qualcomm SOC 17-2072 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	13	$119,434	-28.1%
Arista Networks SOC 17-2061 · Computer Hardware Engineers	8	$161,500	+13.1%
L&t Technology SOC 17-2061 · Computer Hardware Engineers	7	$92,248	-35.4%
Meta SOC 17-2061 · Computer Hardware Engineers	6	$194,449	+36.1%
Capgemini SOC 17-2061 · Computer Hardware Engineers	5	$130,395	-8.7%

Exact titles grouped here

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

Hardware Engineer, Electronics129 LCAs · median $178,006
Senior Hardware Engineer39 LCAs · median $134,257
Hardware Engineer II8 LCAs · median $141,981
Hardware Engineer I6 LCAs · median $96,825

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