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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Corporation | Processor Chief Architect | Austin, TX | $267000 | H-1B | Jun 7, 2023 |
| Google LLC | Hardware Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $267000 | H-1B | Aug 10, 2022 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Hardware Engineer Manager | Santa Clara, CA | $266500 - $276500 | Green Card | May 19, 2021 |
| Cruise LLC | Senior Staff Silicon Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $266000 - $286000 | E-3 | Oct 13, 2022 |
| Cruise LLC | Senior Staff Silicon Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $266000 - $286000 | E-3 | Mar 8, 2023 |
| SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.L.C. | Senior Staff Engineer | San Jose, CA | $265141 | H-1B | May 18, 2023 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Silicon Design Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $265000 | H-1B | Jun 16, 2026 |
| d-Matrix, Inc. (fka d-Matrix Corporatio… | Staff Design Engineer ML Design & Performance | Santa Clara, CA | $265000 | H-1B | May 11, 2026 |
| d-Matrix, Inc. (fka d-Matrix Corporatio… | Sr. Staff Design Engineer ML Design & Performance | Santa Clara, CA | $265000 | H-1B | May 26, 2026 |
| Groq, Inc. | Staff ASIC Design Verification Engineer | San Jose, CA | $265000 | H-1B | Jul 28, 2025 |
| SiMa Technologies, Inc. | Principal Engineer, Hardware Verification | San Jose, CA | $265000 | H-1B | Aug 5, 2024 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Silicon Design Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $265000 | H-1B | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Groq, Inc. | Staff ASIC Design Verification Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $265000 | H-1B | Apr 2, 2025 |
| EfficientAI Corporation | Lead Emulation Engineer | San Jose, CA | $265000 | H-1B | Mar 25, 2026 |
| CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC. | Senior Member of Technical Staff | Rochester, NY | $265000 | H-1B | Aug 28, 2025 |
| Waymo LLC | Silicon Design Verification Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $265000 | H-1B | Mar 15, 2024 |
| SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.L.C. | Senior Staff Engineer | San Jose, CA | $265000 | H-1B | Feb 20, 2023 |
| Google LLC | Hardware Engineer | Fremont, CA | $265000 | H-1B | Jun 30, 2022 |
| Google LLC | Hardware Engineer | Fremont, CA | $265000 | H-1B | Jun 30, 2022 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Senior Silicon Product Definition Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $265000 | H-1B | Jun 1, 2021 |
| Apple Inc. | HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER | CUPERTINO, CA | $264000 | H-1B | Jun 18, 2020 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Hardware Manager | Santa Clara, CA | $263952 - $363350 | H-1B | Jul 30, 2021 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Release to Production Engineer | Menlo Park, CA | $263620 | H-1B | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Design Verification Engineer | Redmond, WA | $263270 | H-1B | May 12, 2026 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Hardware Engineering | Folsom, CA | $262700 | H-1B | Mar 12, 2025 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Hardware Engineering | Folsom, CA | $262700 | H-1B | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Takara Bio USA Inc. | Director, Hardware | San Jose, CA | $262375 | H-1B | May 14, 2025 |
| Google LLC | Silicon Design Verification Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $262000 | H-1B | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Google LLC | Hardware Engineer 1615.34387.7 | Mountain View, CA | $262000 | H-1B | Jan 27, 2021 |
| TESLA, INC. | SENIOR STAFF HARDWARE DESIGN ENGINEER | PALO ALTO, CA | $261828 | H-1B | Apr 13, 2023 |
| eBay Inc. | Sr. MTS, Hardware Engineer | San Jose, CA | $261384 | H-1B | Jul 24, 2025 |
| Google LLC | Manager, Silicon Architecture | Mountain View, CA | $261000 | H-1B | Apr 16, 2026 |
| Google LLC | Silicon Generalist | Sunnyvale, CA | $261000 | H-1B | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Waymo LLC | Hardware Development Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $261000 | H-1B | Mar 7, 2024 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Hardware Systems Engineer, AI NPI | Menlo Park, CA | $260793 | H-1B | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Technical Program Manager | Mountain View, CA | $260530 | H-1B | Jun 1, 2023 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Staff AI Hardware Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $260394 | H-1B | Feb 16, 2026 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Silicon Engineering | Mountain View, CA | $260200 | H-1B | Dec 29, 2025 |
| Normal Computing Corporation | Hardware Engineer, Design Verification | Campbell, CA | $260000 - $280000 | H-1B | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Silicon Design Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $260000 | H-1B | May 15, 2026 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Silicon Design Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $260000 | H-1B | May 29, 2026 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Silicon Design Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $260000 | H-1B | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Silicon Engineering | Mountain View, CA | $260000 | H-1B | Nov 11, 2025 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Staff Hardware Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $260000 | H-1B | Apr 16, 2025 |
| Google LLC | Staff Silicon Engineer, Physical Design | Mountain View, CA | $260000 | H-1B | Dec 16, 2024 |
| JUMP OPERATIONS, LLC | Hardware Engineer | New York, NY | $260000 | H-1B | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | ASIC Engineer, Design Verification | Sunnyvale, CA | $260000 | H-1B | May 27, 2025 |
| Google LLC | Staff Silicon Generalist | Sunnyvale, CA | $260000 | H-1B | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Waymo LLC | System Safety Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $260000 | H-1B | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Waymo LLC | Hardware Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $260000 | H-1B | Nov 1, 2022 |
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