Hardware Systems Engineering, H-1B salary
What 165 H-1B filings report for “Hardware Systems Engineering” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Hardware Systems Engineering?
$174k median H-1B base salary for a Hardware Systems Engineering, typically $141k to $216k, across 165 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2025 to FY2026). Highest in California at $181k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California134$181k+$7k
- 2Texas28$148k−$26k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $174kfor 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
- 1Apple165 filings$174k
Related titles in this family
184 filings carry “Hardware Systems Engineering” in the title, across 4 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Hardware Systems Engineering Manager17 filings$193k
- 2Hardware Systems Engineering Manager 1615.23620.111 filings$208k
- 3Head of PMO, Hardware & Systems Engineering1 filings$238k
Figures are for the exact title “Hardware Systems 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.