Hardware Engineer at Google
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does Google pay a Hardware Engineer on an H-1B?
$170k Google has filed 264 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Hardware Engineer with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $170k. Most of those filings fall between $159k and $189k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
264
Median base salary
$170k
Middle 50%
$159k to $189k
Filings and pay by year
Hardware Engineer at Google, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 16 | $179k |
| FY2025 | 52 | $174k |
| FY2024 | 50 | $169k |
| FY2023 | 52 | $179k |
| FY2022 | 70 | $163k |
| FY2020 | 2 | $140k |
| FY2019 | 4 | $166k |
| FY2018 | 2 | $120k |
| FY2017 | 16 | $140k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
Where this work is
Work locations named on the filings, most common first
| Location | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain View, CA | 170 | $170k |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 48 | $173k |
| Fremont, CA | 11 | $200k |
| San Diego, CA | 10 | $179k |
| Goleta, CA | 9 | $161k |
| Chicago, IL | 8 | $134k |
| Palo Alto, CA | 3 | $120k |
| Alameda, CA | 1 | $100k |
| Atlanta, GA | 1 | $136k |
| Irvine, CA | 1 | $167k |
| San Jose, CA | 1 | $179k |
| Seattle, WA | 1 | $131k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level II | 126 | $165k |
| Level III | 72 | $195k |
| Level IV | 16 | $236k |