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42,214 H-1B & PERM records for "hardware", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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Source: US Dept of Labor. Represents Base Salary only. Excludes RSUs, signing bonuses, and variable compensation.

42214

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$124969

Average Salary

$30000

Minimum

$945000

Maximum

Active filters: Job: hardware
Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
Apple Inc. Hardware Development Engineer Cupertino, CA $215291 H-1B Jun 2, 2022
Google LLC Silicon Architect Mountain View, CA $215276 H-1B Sep 30, 2025
Google LLC Silicon Engineer Mountain View, CA $215270 H-1B Feb 18, 2025
Google LLC Silicon Design Verification Engineer Mountain View, CA $215270 H-1B Mar 7, 2024
APPLE INC. Software Development Engineer Cupertino, CA $215260 - $267700 Green Card May 11, 2021
HP INC. Electrical / Hardware Engineer Spring, TX $215190 - $225190 Green Card Nov 18, 2022
Cruise LLC Staff Algorithm Engineer, Sensor Signal Processing San Francisco, CA $215071 - $235071 H-1B Sep 13, 2023
SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.L.C. Senior Staff Engineer San Jose, CA $215020 H-1B Jul 16, 2021
MemComputing, Inc. Senior FPGA Design Engineer San Diego, CA $215000 H-1B Jan 26, 2026
Micron Technology, Inc. Principal Engineer, HBM Architecture Richardson, TX $215000 H-1B Jun 22, 2026
Waymo LLC Hardware Engineer $215000 - $232000 Green Card Nov 8, 2024
AHEADCOMPUTING, INC. CPU Design Engineer Austin, TX $215000 H-1B Jun 9, 2026
Semtech Corporation Sr. Embedded Firmware Design Engineer -Mixed-Sign… San Diego, CA $215000 H-1B Dec 29, 2025
Google LLC Silicon Digital Design Engineer Sunnyvale, CA $215000 H-1B Nov 25, 2025
Google LLC Technical Program Manager Sunnyvale, CA $215000 H-1B Jan 22, 2026
Google LLC Silicon Design Verification Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Jan 22, 2026
NVIDIA Corporation Sr. CAD Engineer $215000 - $287500 Green Card Aug 18, 2024
Google LLC Silicon Digital Design Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Dec 19, 2025
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologie… Staff Electrical Hardware Technical Program Manag… Palo Alto, CA $215000 H-1B Aug 20, 2025
Verkada, Inc. Hardware Engineer $215000 Green Card Feb 28, 2024
General Motors Staff Hardware Engineer “ Aggregators Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Jan 14, 2025
Google LLC Hardware Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Jan 28, 2025
Applied Intuition, Inc. Hardware Development Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Jan 8, 2025
Alphawave Semi US Corp Sr. Staff App Eng. San Jose, CA $215000 H-1B Dec 10, 2024
Google LLC Silicon Digital Design Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Aug 15, 2025
Google LLC Silicon Design Verification Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B May 9, 2025
Tenstorrent USA, Inc. Sr. Staff Functional Safety Engineer Valley Center, CA $215000 H-1B Sep 13, 2024
Quilt Systems, Inc. Staff Hardware Engineer Redwood City, CA $215000 H-1B Nov 29, 2023
Google LLC Hardware Engineer Fremont, CA $215000 H-1B Mar 6, 2024
Google LLC Silicon Engineer Sunnyvale, CA $215000 H-1B Oct 30, 2023
Cruise LLC Senior SOC Design Verification Engineer II San Francisco, CA $215000 - $235000 H-1B Oct 26, 2023
Meta Platforms, Inc. Thermal Design Engineer Redmond, WA $215000 H-1B Apr 22, 2024
Google LLC Silicon Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Apr 9, 2024
Waymo LLC Design Verification Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Feb 22, 2023
Google LLC Silicon Design Verification Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Mar 3, 2023
Meta Platforms, Inc. ASIC Engineer, Architecture Sunnyvale, CA $215000 H-1B Sep 19, 2023
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. Senior Staff Engineer, Software / Firmware Engine… Santa Clara, CA $215000 - $227674 H-1B Jun 26, 2023
d-MATRiX Corporation Sr. Staff Verification Design Engineer Hutto, TX $215000 H-1B Oct 5, 2022
Elastics.cloud, Inc. Principal Verification Engineer San Diego, CA $215000 H-1B Jan 19, 2023
Ampere Computing LLC Principal Engineer, Server Validation/System Leve… Santa Clara, CA $215000 H-1B Apr 27, 2023
Google LLC Hardware Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Jan 19, 2023
Meta Platforms, Inc. Silicon DRAM Architect Sunnyvale, CA $215000 H-1B May 18, 2022
Facebook, Inc. Hardware Systems Engineer MENLO PARK, CA $215000 H-1B Oct 7, 2021
Microsoft Corporation Principal Program Manager Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Mar 1, 2022
APPLE INC. Hardware Development Engineer Cupertino, CA $215000 - $267700 Green Card Oct 29, 2021
Google LLC Silicon Engineer (1615.67860) San Diego, CA $215000 H-1B Nov 3, 2021
Waymo LLC ASIC Design Verification Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Sep 7, 2022
Google LLC Hardware Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Feb 1, 2022
Astera Labs, Inc. Senior Principal Hardware Engineer Colorado Springs, CO $215000 H-1B May 10, 2022
Microsoft Corporation Principal Engineer Mountain View, CA $215000 H-1B Mar 29, 2022
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This data comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's public disclosure files for H-1B (temporary work visa) and green card (PERM labor certification) applications.

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