hardware salaries
42,214 H-1B & PERM records for "hardware", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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$124969
Average Salary
$30000
Minimum
$945000
Maximum
| 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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