H-1B Hardware Engineer Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Hardware Engineer is $130,000, across 1,653 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$130,000
Average wage
$134,557
90th percentile
$189,000
Certified LCAs
1,653
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $54,000
- 25th
- $101,721
- Median
- $130,000
- Average
- $134,557
- 90th
- $189,000
- Highest
- $475,000
Based on 1,653 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
289FY20
246FY21
383FY22
297FY23
198FY24
180FY25
60FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Hardware Engineer
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Waymo LLC | 14 | $196,000 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 18 | $186,500 |
| Facebook, Inc. | 11 | $175,000 |
| Google LLC | 231 | $170,000 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 16 | $162,726 |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | 29 | $157,261 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 321 | $150,600 |
| SambaNova Systems Inc. | 24 | $135,000 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 112 | $127,171 |
| Juniper Networks, Inc. | 33 | $122,429 |
| Intel Corporation | 162 | $118,810 |
| Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. | 15 | $110,374 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 170 | $101,192 |
| ROBERT BOSCH LLC | 12 | $92,418 |
| L&T Technology Services Limited | 72 | $88,000 |
Salaries by location
Mountain View, CA · $175,000Redmond, WA · $154,000San Diego, CA · $101,721Santa Clara, CA · $141,669Sunnyvale, CA · $160,000San Jose, CA · $133,300Hillsboro, OR · $111,155Austin, TX · $116,875Folsom, CA · $104,874Raleigh, NC · $104,000Palo Alto, CA · $140,000Fremont, CA · $153,481San Francisco, CA · $135,000Chicago, IL · $157,000Chandler, AZ · $99,684