H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Senior Hardware Engineer

Occupation profile for Senior Hardware Engineer covers 146 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $143,200.

FY2026 certified median
$143,200
Total filings
146
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$128,898–$175,240
Top employer
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202457$119,434$112,882$140,000
FY202550$119,434$119,434$130,976
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)39$143,200$128,898$175,240

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Senior Hardware EngineerFY2024 $119,434; FY2025 $119,434; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $143,200$0$50,000$100,000$150,000FY2024$119,434FY2025$119,434FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$143,200Certified median offer, Senior Hardware EngineerFY2024 $119,434; FY2025 $119,434; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $143,200$0$50k$100k$150kFY2024$119,434FY2025$119,434FY2026*$143,200
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.60 filings
  2. General Motors14 filings
  3. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.11 filings
  4. SambaNova Systems Inc.10 filings
  5. Google LLC4 filings
  6. LER TechForce, LLC3 filings
  7. Parabit Systems, Inc.3 filings
  8. YUBICO INC.3 filings
  9. Spot AI, Inc.2 filings
  10. Stack AV Co2 filings

Top cities

  1. San Diego54 filings
  2. Santa Clara15 filings
  3. Warren12 filings
  4. Palo Alto6 filings
  5. Sunnyvale6 filings
  6. San Francisco5 filings
  7. Southfield5 filings
  8. San Jose4 filings
  9. Austin4 filings
  10. Mountain View3 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. · Senior Hardware Engineer60 filings
  2. General Motors · Senior Hardware Engineer14 filings
  3. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. · Senior Hardware Engineer11 filings
  4. SambaNova Systems Inc. · Senior Hardware Engineer10 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 Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174017-2072$107,765$131,622$155,501$179,358
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2072$124,405$155,896$187,408$218,899
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2061$152,173$180,294$208,437$236,558
2026-27Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIArea 1982017-2071$84,302$100,651$117,021$133,370
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2072$100,131$126,235$152,360$178,464
2026-27Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIArea 1982017-2141$84,864$100,672$116,459$132,267
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562017-2061$112,445$140,046$167,648$195,250
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446017-2072$103,189$128,440$153,712$178,963
2026-27Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIArea 1982017-2061$92,810$112,278$131,747$151,216
2026-27Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIArea 1982017-2072$94,702$108,805$122,907$137,010