Senior Hardware Engineer, H-1B salary
What 752 H-1B filings report for “Senior Hardware Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Senior Hardware Engineer?
$113k median H-1B base salary for a Senior Hardware Engineer, typically $94k to $170k, across 752 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Washington at $166k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Washington29$166k+$53k
- 2North Carolina51$135k+$22k
- 3Michigan40$120k+$7k
- 4California462$115k+$2k
- 5Texas42$111k−$2k
- 6Massachusetts20$105k−$8k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $113kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Senior Hardware Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Senior Hardware Engineer roles are Qualcomm, Microsoft, SambaNova Systems, Tesla, and General Motors, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Senior Hardware Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Qualcomm376 filings$105k
- 2Microsoft72 filings$160k
- 3SambaNova Systems35 filings$145k
- 4Tesla21 filings$150k
- 5General Motors14 filings$139k
- 6LER TechForce13 filings$100k
- 7Achronix10 filings$156k
- 8Marvell10 filings$112k
- 9DiDi9 filings$150k
- 10Arris7 filings$78k
- 11Argo AI6 filings$162k
- 12Cruise6 filings$164k
- 13Hitachi Rail6 filings$120k
- 14Uber6 filings$170k
- 15Pony.ai6 filings$173k
- 16Xsense America5 filings$180k
- 17Google4 filings$211k
- 18Bosch4 filings$108k
- 19Yubico4 filings$189k
- 20Rockwell Automation4 filings$95k
- 21Schneider Electric4 filings$117k
- 22Capgemini4 filings$111k
- 23Parabit Systems3 filings$130k
- 24Auto Motive Power3 filings$119k
- 25Baidu3 filings$156k
- 26ChargePoint3 filings$149k
- 27Megh Computing3 filings$146k
- 28Netflix3 filings$184k
- 29Roku3 filings$210k
- 30Samsung3 filings$121k
- 31Ayar Labs2 filings$109k
- 32Ascenium, Inc2 filings$165k
- 33Drone Racing League2 filings$93k
- 34Ghost Autonomy2 filings$225k
- 35Hubbell2 filings$130k
- 36INTELITY, Inc.2 filings$102k
- 37MAHLE2 filings$76k
- 38Motional2 filings$190k
- 39Pi Square Technologies2 filings$78k
- 40Riverbed Technology2 filings$124k
- 41ReJoule2 filings$102k
- 42SimpliSafe2 filings$139k
- 43Spot AI2 filings$185k
- 44Stack AV Co2 filings$190k
- 45Torc Robotics2 filings$178k
- 46Teradyne2 filings$126k
- 47WBTL2 filings$119k
- 48Resideo2 filings$159k
- 49GoPro2 filings$140k
- 50NIO2 filings$145k
Related titles in this family
827 filings carry “Senior Hardware Engineer” in the title, across 34 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Hardware Engineering Program Manager27 filings$173k
- 2Senior Hardware Engineer II7 filings$189k
- 3Senior Hardware Engineer-Optical Transceiver Design4 filings$142k
- 4Senior Hardware Engineer - Motor Controls3 filings$113k
- 5Manager Senior Hardware Engineering2 filings$206k
- 6Member of the Technical Staff (Senior Hardware Engineer)2 filings$199k
- 7Senior Hardware Engineer - Firmware2 filings$158k
- 8Senior Hardware Engineer - Optical Technology2 filings$130k
- 9Senior Hardware Engineering2 filings$111k
- 10Director Senior Hardware Engineering1 filings$340k
- 11Manager Senior Hardware Engineer1 filings$200k
- 12Member of Technical Staff (Senior Hardware Engineer)1 filings$150k
Figures are for the exact title “Senior Hardware Engineer”; 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.