H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Manager, Hardware Engineering

Occupation profile for Manager, Hardware Engineering covers 22 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $213,512.

FY2026 certified median
$213,512
Total filings
22
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$213,512–$213,512
Top employer
NVIDIA Corporation
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20249$208,125$196,000$232,000
FY20256$228,384$200,378$246,954
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)7$213,512$213,512$213,512

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Manager, Hardware EngineeringFY2024 $208,125; FY2025 $228,384; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $213,512$0$80,000$160,000$240,000FY2024$208,125FY2025$228,384FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$213,512Certified median offer, Manager, Hardware EngineeringFY2024 $208,125; FY2025 $228,384; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $213,512$0$80k$160k$240kFY2024$208,125FY2025$228,384FY2026*$213,512
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. NVIDIA Corporation16 filings
  2. Cruise LLC1 filings
  3. Google LLC1 filings
  4. Mellanox Technologies, Inc.1 filings
  5. Meta Platforms, Inc1 filings
  6. Verkada, Inc1 filings
  7. Wayne Fueling Systems LLC1 filings

Top cities

  1. Santa Clara12 filings
  2. Austin4 filings
  3. Westford2 filings
  4. Mountain View1 filings
  5. San Francisco1 filings
  6. San Mateo1 filings
  7. Sunnyvale1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. NVIDIA Corporation · Manager, Hardware Engineering16 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 4194011-9041$186,264$219,315$252,366$285,418
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242011-9041$135,138$165,526$195,915$226,304
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446011-9041$150,155$177,466$204,755$232,066
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2061$152,173$180,294$208,437$236,558
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2061$116,958$145,558$174,179$202,779
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2141$110,510$134,493$158,454$182,437