H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Hardware Engineer, Electronics

Occupation profile for Hardware Engineer, Electronics covers 428 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $168,000.

FY2026 certified median
$168,000
Total filings
428
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$156,853–$198,672
Top employer
NVIDIA Corporation
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024143$162,523$151,185$180,003
FY2025227$176,030$151,091$196,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)58$168,000$156,853$198,672

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Hardware Engineer, ElectronicsFY2024 $162,523; FY2025 $176,030; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $168,000$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$162,523FY2025$176,030FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$168,000Certified median offer, Hardware Engineer, ElectronicsFY2024 $162,523; FY2025 $176,030; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $168,000$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$162,523FY2025$176,030FY2026*$168,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. NVIDIA Corporation424 filings
  2. Mellanox Technologies, Inc.4 filings

Top cities

  1. Santa Clara315 filings
  2. Austin33 filings
  3. Westford27 filings
  4. Durham14 filings
  5. Redmond12 filings
  6. Hillsboro8 filings
  7. Westborough7 filings
  8. Seattle7 filings
  9. Chicago2 filings
  10. Brea1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. NVIDIA Corporation · Hardware Engineer, Electronics424 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
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2072$100,131$126,235$152,360$178,464
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446017-2072$103,189$128,440$153,712$178,963
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266017-2072$94,162$119,475$144,768$170,082
2026-27Durham-Chapel Hill, NCArea 2050017-2072$98,280$121,326$144,394$167,440
2026-27Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAArea 3890017-2072$94,973$119,912$144,851$169,790
2026-27Worcester, MAArea 4934017-2072$85,093$102,482$119,870$137,259
2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698017-2072$92,622$113,818$135,034$156,229
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108017-2072$97,261$122,803$148,366$173,909
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2072$108,846$138,528$168,189$197,870