Hardware Engineer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Computer Hardware Engineers (SOC 17-2061).
Employers filed 152 wage applications for Hardware Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 58 employers. The median offered wage was $156,853, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Cisco Systems, Inc. filed the most (29, median $160,611).
- Filings
- 152
- Positions covered
- 1,160
- Employers
- 58
- Median offered
- $156,853
- Median prevailing wage
- $136,505
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,705
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +41%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Hardware Engineer jobs rose 41%, from $111,634 in fiscal 2020 to $156,853 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 380 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Hardware Engineer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 137 | $156,853 | +10.5% | $145,475 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 179 | $142,000 | −7.5% | $129,563 | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 202 | $153,504 | +20.9% | $123,885 | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 298 | $126,948 | −6.4% | $115,919 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 380 | $135,672 | +16.2% | $120,078 | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 225 | $116,802 | +4.6% | $108,555 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 284 | $111,634 | n/a | $100,880 | +6.1% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 29 | $160,611 | at the minimum | |
| Google LLC | 17 | $179,000 | +12.6% | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 10 | $183,000 | +40.1% | |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | 8 | $174,787 | at the minimum | |
| Polar Operations LLC d/b/a IMC Markets | 6 | $200,000 | +90.6% | |
| L&T Technology Services Limited | 6 | $92,248 | at the minimum | |
| DoorDash, Inc. | 5 | $199,763 | at the minimum | |
| Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $108,014 | +23.4% | |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $114,098 | at the minimum | |
| SambaNova Systems Inc. | 3 | $156,853 | at the minimum | |
| Intel Corporation | 3 | $138,715 | at the minimum | |
| Vimerse InfoTech Inc | 3 | $115,253 | at the minimum | |
| Tesla, Inc. | 3 | $229,057 | +38.0% | |
| Microchip Technology Inc. | 2 | $147,358 | at the minimum | |
| SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp | 2 | $123,469 | at the minimum | |
| NetApp, Inc. | 2 | $150,633 | at the minimum | |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 2 | $143,686 | +29.0% | |
| Dyna Robotics Inc. | 2 | $130,000 | +3.1% | |
| Juniper Networks, Inc. | 2 | $171,663 | at the minimum | |
| Netflix, Inc. | 1 | $229,590 | at the minimum | |
| Bedrock Robotics, Inc. | 1 | $210,000 | +13.6% | |
| Kneron Inc. | 1 | $123,843 | at the minimum | |
| Microsoft Corporation | 1 | $141,831 | +45.0% | |
| Jump Operations, LLC | 1 | $250,000 | +41.5% | |
| Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. | 1 | $128,588 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 58. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Hardware Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 23 | $160,000 | at the minimum | |
| Santa Clara, CA | 18 | $175,637 | at the minimum | |
| Mountain View, CA | 10 | $179,500 | +11.5% | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 7 | $170,000 | at the minimum | |
| Chicago, IL | 6 | $200,000 | +90.6% | |
| San Diego, CA | 6 | $118,971 | at the minimum | |
| San Francisco, CA | 6 | $199,882 | +6.8% | |
| Holmdel, NJ | 5 | $152,464 | at the minimum | |
| Carlsbad, CA | 4 | $140,702 | at the minimum | |
| Florence, SC | 4 | $92,248 | at the minimum | |
| Austin, TX | 3 | $161,179 | at the minimum | |
| Canoga Park, CA | 3 | $115,253 | at the minimum | |
| Goleta, CA | 3 | $161,000 | +10.7% | |
| Menlo Park, CA | 3 | $145,500 | +43.2% | |
| Milpitas, CA | 3 | $164,686 | at the minimum | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 3 | $229,057 | +38.0% | |
| Pullman, WA | 3 | $110,297 | +26.5% | |
| Rancho Cordova, CA | 3 | $113,942 | at the minimum | |
| Redmond, WA | 3 | $176,890 | +51.1% | |
| Fremont, CA | 2 | $179,000 | +12.6% | |
| Longmont, CO | 2 | $164,153 | +26.5% | |
| Redwood City, CA | 2 | $130,000 | +3.1% | |
| Addison, TX | 1 | $120,000 | +7.0% | |
| Allentown, PA | 1 | $113,900 | +7.3% | |
| Bellevue, WA | 1 | $180,000 | +1.1% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- 2 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.