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Hardware Engineer in Mountain View, CA

Job title · Mountain View, California

Job title as filed
Hardware Engineer
City
Mountain View, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
205
Median offered wage
$178,700
Most common occupation
Computer Hardware Engineers
Median wage$178,700certified 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 Mountain View.

Applications by fiscal year

3467FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3467FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202267
FY202351
FY202438
FY202540
FY2026*9
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
7
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. Google LLC154
  2. Microsoft Corporation31
  3. Waymo LLC14
  4. Synopsys, Inc.3
  5. Aurrion, Inc.1
  6. Google LLC1
  7. Nuro, 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 $178,700; middle half $162,000 to $192,000 · median prevailing wage $157,518 (marker) · 203 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II92
  2. Level III65
  3. Level IV9
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 Mountain View is 26.5% above 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 Mountain View
17.1%
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 Mountain View job market

Mountain View has 32,943 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,870 job titles and 1,462 employers; "Hardware Engineer" ranks #11 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Mountain View, all job titles
32,943
Job titles filed
6,870
Rank of Hardware Engineer in Mountain View
11
Median offered wage in Mountain View, all job titles
$178,755
National median wage, Computer Hardware Engineers (all job titles)
$164,350
Other job titles in Mountain View
  1. Software Engineer11,923
  2. Senior Software Engineer942
  3. Software Engineering913
  4. Research Scientist439
  5. Staff Software Engineer419
  6. Product Manager418
  7. Data Scientist415
  8. Technical Program Manager372
  9. Silicon Engineer250
  10. Program Manager210
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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