Hardware Engineering, H-1B salary
What 159 H-1B filings report for “Hardware Engineering” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Hardware Engineering?
$187k median H-1B base salary for a Hardware Engineering, typically $150k to $235k, across 159 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2020 to FY2026). Highest in California at $199k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California39$199k+$12k
- 2Washington91$185k−$2k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $187kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
Related titles in this family
479 filings carry “Hardware Engineering” in the title, across 80 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Manager, Hardware Engineering40 filings$211k
- 2Hardware Engineering Program Manager34 filings$145k
- 3Hardware Engineering Technical Leader27 filings$176k
- 4Senior Hardware Engineering Program Manager27 filings$173k
- 5Hardware Engineering Manager24 filings$181k
- 6Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering)22 filings$380k
- 7Director, Hardware Engineering18 filings$239k
- 8Leader, Hardware Engineering13 filings$184k
- 9Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering9 filings$238k
- 10Director of Hardware Engineering8 filings$101k
- 11Technical Leader, Hardware Engineering7 filings$149k
- 12Hardware (Engineering) Business Unit Leader4 filings$92k
Figures are for the exact title “Hardware Engineering”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.