Salaries / Computer Hardware Engineers / San Jose
Computer Hardware Engineers salaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 598 certified H-1B applications for computer hardware engineers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 90 employers.
The middle half of offers were $176,500 to $227,000 a year, with a median of $195,500: 11% above the national median for this job ($176,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (38% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $152,173 at Level I and $180,294 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 10% | $152,173 |
| Level II (qualified) | 38% | $180,294 |
| Level III (experienced) | 23% | $208,437 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 29% | $236,558 |
Who sponsors computer hardware engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | 203 | $192,000 | — |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 53 | $182,500 | — |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 35 | $183,000 | 7 |
| Tesla, Inc. | 34 | $260,000 | 18 |
| Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc. | 27 | $213,000 | — |
| Apple Inc. | 24 | $179,000 | 25 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 20 | $216,500 | 52 |
| Tenstorrent USA Inc. | 16 | $216,500 | 1 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 13 | $184,000 | 14 |
| Intel Corporation | 13 | $135,500 | 41 |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC | 12 | $190,000 | 4 |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | 8 | $165,000 | 6 |
| Waymo LLC | 7 | $212,000 | 3 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 6 | $177,500 | — |
| Amazon Data Services, Inc | 6 | $181,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Silicon Generalist, Hardware Engineer, Silicon Design Verification Engineer, Asic Engineer, Hardware Engineering, Hardware Development Engineer Iii, Graphics Hardware Engineer, Silicon Engineering.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.