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Computer Hardware Engineers: H-1B salaries and wage levels

Level IV starts anywhere from $202,779 to $236,558 depending on the city. The median offer is $175,115.

1,425certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$175,115median offer
$144k to $205kmiddle half of offers
8%of new-employment offers reach Level IV for their area
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

Wage levels by city

same scale for every row · black mark: median offer in that city
Sunnyvale · Mountain View · Santa Clara IV $237k
Austin, TX IV $203k
under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $105k to $248k
CityLCAsMedianLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
Sunnyvale, CA192$191,500 $152,173$180,294$208,437$236,558
Austin, TX167$164,528 $116,958$145,558$174,179$202,779
Mountain View, CA161$203,133 $152,173$180,294$208,437$236,558
Santa Clara, CA118$185,000 $152,173$180,294$208,437$236,558

What employers offer

1,425 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area
$50k to $60k: 2 LCAs$60k to $70k: 3 LCAs$70k to $80k: 4 LCAs$80k to $90k: 15 LCAs$90k to $100k: 54 LCAs$100k to $110k: 30 LCAs$110k to $120k: 65 LCAs$120k to $130k: 44 LCAs$130k to $140k: 100 LCAs$140k to $150k: 83 LCAs$150k to $160k: 134 LCAs$160k to $170k: 127 LCAs$170k to $180k: 117 LCAs$180k to $190k: 146 LCAs$190k to $200k: 76 LCAs$200k to $210k: 102 LCAs$210k to $220k: 69 LCAs$220k to $230k: 92 LCAs$230k to $240k: 37 LCAs$240k to $250k: 24 LCAs$250k to $260k: 24 LCAs$260k to $270k: 27 LCAs$270k to $280k: 7 LCAs$280k to $290k: 7 LCAs$290k to $300k: 2 LCAs$300k+: 34 LCAs $50k to $60k: 2 LCAs$60k to $70k: 3 LCAs$70k to $80k: 4 LCAs$80k to $90k: 15 LCAs$90k to $100k: 54 LCAs$100k to $110k: 30 LCAs$110k to $120k: 65 LCAs$120k to $130k: 44 LCAs$130k to $140k: 100 LCAs$140k to $150k: 83 LCAs$150k to $160k: 134 LCAs$160k to $170k: 127 LCAs$170k to $180k: 117 LCAs$180k to $190k: 146 LCAs$190k to $200k: 76 LCAs$200k to $210k: 102 LCAs$210k to $220k: 69 LCAs$220k to $230k: 92 LCAs$230k to $240k: 37 LCAs$240k to $250k: 24 LCAs$250k to $260k: 24 LCAs$260k to $270k: 27 LCAs$270k to $280k: 7 LCAs$280k to $290k: 7 LCAs$290k to $300k: 2 LCAs$300k+: 34 LCAs
$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 LCAs = 10 LCAs

Lottery entries

478 new-employment LCAs
Computer Hardware Engineers 19%29%27%16% 478
All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984
1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Over time

fiscal years, October to September · hatched: year to date

Certified H-1B LCAs

1,196 FY2026 to date

Median offer

$175,058 FY2026

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
#EmployerCertified LCAsMedian salary
1 Google LLC 269 $188,000
2 Amazon.com Services LLC 149 $157,560
3 Meta Platforms, Inc 106 $175,848
4 Microsoft Corporation 68 $193,375
5 Tesla, Inc. 57 $240,000
6 Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc. 54 $189,500
7 Apple Inc. 35 $175,115
8 Intel Corporation 34 $164,214
9 Tenstorrent USA Inc. 33 $198,598
10 Amazon Data Services, Inc 28 $170,000
11 Fiori Technology Solutions, Inc. 25 $97,000
12 Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC. 25 $164,528
13 NVIDIA Corporation 21 $184,000
14 IBM Corporation 18 $150,988
15 Arm, Inc. 15 $148,762
16 OpenAI OpCo, LLC 15 $380,000
17 Micron Technology, Inc. 13 $163,000
18 MIPS Holding, Inc. 13 $106,000
19 Quanta Manufacturing Nashville, LLC 11 $100,000
20 Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. 10 $176,696
21 Arista Networks, Inc. 9 $168,274
22 Groq, Inc. 8 $265,000
23 L&T Technology Services Limited 8 $92,248
24 Waymo LLC 8 $226,000
25 Cummins Inc. 7 $99,341
All other employers 386 –