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Hardware Development Engineer in Cupertino, CA

Job title · Cupertino, California

Job title as filed
Hardware Development Engineer
City
Cupertino, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
199
Median offered wage
$170,000
Most common occupation
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Median wage$170,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Hardware Development Engineer" and a worksite in Cupertino.

Applications by fiscal year

70139FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
70139FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022139
FY202330
FY202424
FY20255
FY2026*1
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Apple Inc.199
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $170,000; middle half $154,516 to $180,000 · median prevailing wage $153,504 (marker) · 199 applications.

$140k$155k$170k$185k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II3
  2. Level III70
  3. Level IV88
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Hardware Development Engineer" appears on 300 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 19 employers for worksites in 21 cities; the median offered wage is $165,000, so the median in Cupertino is 3.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
300
Employers nationwide
19
Cities with filings
21
National median offered wage
$165,000
Share of national filings in Cupertino
66.3%
Cities with the most applications for Hardware Development Engineer
  1. Cupertino, CA199
  2. San Diego, CA29
  3. Santa Clara, CA23
  4. Sunnyvale, CA16
  5. Mountain View, CA7
  6. Austin, TX4
  7. Allen Park, MI3
  8. Lake Forest, CA2
  9. Yorktown Heights, NY2
  10. Seattle, WA2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Cupertino job market

Cupertino has 15,537 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,963 job titles and 612 employers; "Hardware Development Engineer" ranks #14 by applications, with 1.3% of them.

Applications in Cupertino, all job titles
15,537
Job titles filed
1,963
Rank of Hardware Development Engineer in Cupertino
14
Median offered wage in Cupertino, all job titles
$175,942
National median wage, Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (all job titles)
$135,150
Other job titles in Cupertino
  1. Software Development Engineer898
  2. Software Development Engineering610
  3. Software Engineering Systems577
  4. Software Development Engineer - Systems481
  5. Machine Learning Engineer406
  6. Software Development Engineer - Applications338
  7. Software Development Engineer II294
  8. Software Development Engineer - Test293
  9. Engineering Project Manager283
  10. Machine Learning260
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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