H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Hardware Validation Engineer

Occupation profile for Hardware Validation Engineer covers 9 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $108,243.

FY2026 certified median
$108,243
Total filings
9
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$105,560–$114,213
Top employer
Delart Technology Services LLC
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20241$90,000$90,000$90,000
FY20255$117,645$76,960$141,981
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)3$108,243$105,560$114,213

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Hardware Validation EngineerFY2024 $90,000; FY2025 $117,645; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $108,243$0$40,000$80,000$120,000FY2024$90,000FY2025$117,645FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$108,243Certified median offer, Hardware Validation EngineerFY2024 $90,000; FY2025 $117,645; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $108,243$0$40k$80k$120kFY2024$90,000FY2025$117,645FY2026*$108,243
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Delart Technology Services LLC3 filings
  2. Pentangle Tech Services LLC2 filings
  3. Credo Semiconductor, Inc.1 filings
  4. Google LLC1 filings
  5. Insight Global, LLC1 filings
  6. VARTECH SYSTEMS INC.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Sunnyvale3 filings
  2. San Jose2 filings
  3. Fargo2 filings
  4. Milpitas1 filings
  5. 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.

    Annual prevailing wage levels
    Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2112$99,362$122,158$144,955$167,752
    2026-27Fargo, ND-MNArea 2202017-2071$71,885$88,837$105,789$122,741
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1251$98,280$124,405$150,509$176,634
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2071$130,686$159,890$189,072$218,275
    2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266017-2112$95,410$114,899$134,368$153,858