Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Hardware Reliability Engineer
Occupation profile for Hardware Reliability Engineer covers 11 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $213,000.
- FY2026 certified median
- $213,000
- Total filings
- 11
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $207,000–$219,000
- Top employer
- Google LLC
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 3 | $130,000 | $126,500 | $170,000 |
| FY2025 | 6 | $132,652 | $117,119 | $163,273 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 2 | $213,000 | $207,000 | $219,000 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Google LLC3 filings
- Zipline International Inc.3 filings
- ServiceNow, Inc.2 filings
- Meta Platforms, Inc1 filings
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp.1 filings
- Waymo LLC1 filings
Top cities
- Mountain View3 filings
- South San Francisco3 filings
- Sunnyvale2 filings
- Poughkeepsie1 filings
- North Wales1 filings
- Redmond1 filings
Filings by employer and title
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.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 17-2131 | $88,150 | $110,843 | $133,557 | $156,250 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 17-2061 | $152,173 | $180,294 | $208,437 | $236,558 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 17-2141 | $117,998 | $141,835 | $165,693 | $189,530 |
| 2026-27 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NYArea 28880 | 15-1241 | $93,496 | $117,083 | $140,691 | $164,278 |
| 2026-27 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDArea 37980 | 15-1241 | $98,384 | $121,514 | $144,664 | $167,794 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 17-2071 | $130,686 | $159,890 | $189,072 | $218,275 |
| 2026-27 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 42660 | 17-2071 | $101,670 | $123,531 | $145,413 | $167,274 |