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Hardware Engineer in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Hardware Engineer
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
35
Median offered wage
$128,107
Most common occupation
Computer Hardware Engineers
Median wage$128,107certified 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 Engineer" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

815FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
815FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202215
FY20236
FY20248
FY20253
FY2026*3
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
13
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. Intel Corporation8
  2. Microsoft Corporation6
  3. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.4
  4. Base Power, Inc.3
  5. Cisco Systems, Inc.3
  6. Enphase Energy, Inc.3
  7. NVIDIA Corporation2
  8. Arista Networks, Inc.1
  9. NXP USA, Inc.1
  10. Optiver Services US LLC1
  11. Sambanova Systems, Inc.1
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 $128,107; middle half $96,034 to $140,000 · median prevailing wage $116,875 (marker) · 35 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I4
  2. Level II10
  3. Level III15
  4. Level IV2
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 Engineer" appears on 1,202 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 162 employers for worksites in 160 cities; the median offered wage is $141,220, so the median in Austin is 9.3% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,202
Employers nationwide
162
Cities with filings
160
National median offered wage
$141,220
Share of national filings in Austin
2.9%
Cities with the most applications for Hardware Engineer
  1. Mountain View, CA205
  2. San Diego, CA137
  3. Redmond, WA114
  4. San Jose, CA81
  5. Sunnyvale, CA81
  6. Santa Clara, CA74
  7. Austin, TX35
  8. Fremont, CA23
  9. Folsom, CA22
  10. Hillsboro, OR22
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Austin job market

Austin has 64,412 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,288 job titles and 6,594 employers; "Hardware Engineer" ranks #259 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Hardware Engineer in Austin
259
Median offered wage in Austin, all job titles
$122,906
National median wage, Computer Hardware Engineers (all job titles)
$164,350
Other job titles in Austin
  1. Software Engineer2,870
  2. Software Developer2,341
  3. Software Development Engineer II871
  4. Senior Software Engineer858
  5. Component Design Engineer663
  6. Software Development Engineer I622
  7. Architect574
  8. Software Development Engineer524
  9. Data Engineer500
  10. Software Dev Engineer II367
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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