H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Hardware Development Engineer

Occupation profile for Hardware Development Engineer covers 63 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $131,915.

FY2026 certified median
$131,915
Total filings
63
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$128,264–$150,566
Top employer
Apple Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202434$161,645$151,294$181,252
FY202523$152,480$125,091$179,754
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)6$131,915$128,264$150,566

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Hardware Development EngineerFY2024 $161,645; FY2025 $152,480; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $131,915$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$161,645FY2025$152,480FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$131,915Certified median offer, Hardware Development EngineerFY2024 $161,645; FY2025 $152,480; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $131,915$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$161,645FY2025$152,480FY2026*$131,915
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Apple Inc.43 filings
  2. Waymo LLC5 filings
  3. FORD MOTOR COMPANY2 filings
  4. SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA INC.2 filings
  5. Amazon.com Services LLC1 filings
  6. Applied Intuition, Inc.1 filings
  7. Flextronics International USA, Inc.1 filings
  8. Fortinet, Inc.1 filings
  9. IBM Corporation1 filings
  10. Infinera Corporation1 filings

Top cities

  1. Cupertino29 filings
  2. Santa Clara7 filings
  3. Mountain View5 filings
  4. San Diego5 filings
  5. Sunnyvale3 filings
  6. Austin3 filings
  7. Lake Forest2 filings
  8. Fayetteville1 filings
  9. Irvine1 filings
  10. Milpitas1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Apple Inc. · Hardware Development Engineer43 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2072$124,405$155,896$187,408$218,899
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2071$130,686$159,890$189,072$218,275
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2141$117,998$141,835$165,693$189,530
2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174017-2072$107,765$131,622$155,501$179,358
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2061$152,173$180,294$208,437$236,558
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2199$105,664$138,237$170,830$203,403
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2072$100,131$126,235$152,360$178,464
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108017-2061$114,670$139,402$164,154$188,885
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2041$84,926$107,349$129,750$152,173
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2131$110,802$133,661$156,499$179,358