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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | Hardware Engineering | Mountain View, CA | $250480 | H-1B | Jun 25, 2025 |
| SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.L.C. | Staff Engineer | Austin, TX | $250016 | H-1B | Jan 6, 2023 |
| Nokia of America Corporation | Senior Hardware Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $250000 | H-1B | May 12, 2026 |
| Google LLC | Silicon Generalist | Sunnyvale, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Waymo LLC | ML Accelerator Modeling Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Google LLC | Silicon Generalist | Sunnyvale, CA | $250000 | H-1B | May 20, 2026 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Staff Silicon Design Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Google LLC | Senior Silicon Generalist | Sunnyvale, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Nexthop Systems Inc | Hardware Engineer - Optical | Santa Clara, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Velaura, Inc. | Principal NPU Architect | Santa Clara, CA | $250000 - $300000 | H-1B | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Google LLC | Silicon Generalist | Sunnyvale, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Dec 8, 2025 |
| CTC Trading Group, LLC | Sr. Engineer | Austin, TX | $250000 | H-1B | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Staff Silicon Design Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Feb 20, 2026 |
| JUMP OPERATIONS, LLC | Hardware Engineer | SANTA CLARA, CA | $250000 | H-1B | May 26, 2026 |
| SiMa Technologies, Inc. | Principal Engineer, Hardware Verification | San Jose, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Feb 7, 2024 |
| Google LLC | Silicon Design Verification Manager | Mountain View, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Feb 20, 2026 |
| EtchedAI Inc | Member of Technical Staff (Power Optimization) | San Jose, CA | $250000 - $300000 | H-1B | Apr 21, 2025 |
| Exo Imaging, Inc. | Senior Hardware Electrical Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Sep 10, 2025 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Staff Physical Design Engineer | Austin, TX | $250000 | H-1B | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Applied Intuition, Inc. | Software Integrations Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Nexthop Systems Inc | Hardware Mechanical Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Mar 11, 2025 |
| Tenstorrent USA, Inc. | Sr. Staff Engineer, RTL | Austin, TX | $250000 | H-1B | Oct 23, 2024 |
| OpenAI OpCo, LLC | Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) | San Francisco, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | ASIC Engineer, Design Verification | Austin, TX | $250000 | H-1B | May 29, 2025 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Machine Learning Systems Engineer | Austin, TX | $250000 | H-1B | Jan 27, 2025 |
| Ethernovia, Inc. | Automotive Hardware Architect | San Jose, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Cutler Group, LLC | Hardware/FPGA Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $250000 - $325000 | H-1B | May 9, 2023 |
| Spot AI, Inc | VP, Hardware and Operations | San Francisco, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Aug 22, 2024 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Staff Hardware Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Feb 28, 2024 |
| APPLE INC. | Hardware Development Engineer Manager | Cupertino, CA | $250000 - $277800 | Green Card | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Spot AI | Head of Hardware and Operations | Burlingame, CA | $250000 - $270000 | Green Card | May 31, 2023 |
| Waymo LLC | System Safety Engineer 1615.52561 | Mountain View, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Apr 7, 2023 |
| Waymo LLC | Hardware Development Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Feb 22, 2023 |
| SimpliSafe, Inc. | Senior Director of Hardware Product Management | Boston, MA | $250000 | H-1B | Jun 12, 2023 |
| Apple Inc. | AR/VR Module Development Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Nov 21, 2022 |
| AMBIQ MICRO, INC. | DFT Lead | Austin, TX | $250000 | H-1B | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Optical Metrology Manager | Sunnyvale, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Mar 21, 2022 |
| Waymo LLC | Hardware Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Jun 27, 2022 |
| Spot AI, Inc | Head of Hardware and Operations | Pleasanton, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Jan 19, 2022 |
| Google LLC | Hardware Engineer 1615.5287 | Mountain View, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Mar 18, 2021 |
| Xsense.Ai, Inc. | Staff Engineer | San Diego, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Jun 18, 2021 |
| Apple Inc. | HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER | Cupertino, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Mar 25, 2020 |
| CSS PAYROLL CO | HARDWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER | Los Angeles, CA | $250000 | E-3 | Apr 9, 2019 |
| SKIP TRANSPORT, INC. | SVP HARDWARE AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS | San Francisco, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Dec 14, 2018 |
| ZT GROUP INT'L, INC. | DIRECTOR OF PLATFORM ENGINEERING | SECAUCUS, NJ | $250000 | H-1B | Mar 2, 2017 |
| JUMP OPERATIONS, LLC | HARDWARE ENGINEER | NEW YORK, NY | $250000 | E-3 | Feb 1, 2017 |
| JUMP OPERATIONS, LLC | HARDWARE ENGINEER | NEW YORK, NY | $250000 - $300000 | H-1B | Mar 21, 2016 |
| D. E. SHAW RESEARCH, LLC | RESEARCH ENGINEER AND MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF | NEW YORK, NY | $250000 | H-1B | Feb 25, 2015 |
| GOOGLE INC. | HARDWARE ENGINEER | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Mar 18, 2014 |
| DoorDash, Inc. | Hardware Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $249600 - $312000 | H-1B | Jun 16, 2026 |
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