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Hardware Engineer in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Hardware Engineer
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
74
Median offered wage
$152,703
Most common occupation
Computer Hardware Engineers
Median wage$152,703certified 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 Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

918FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
918FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202218
FY202313
FY202414
FY202511
FY2026*18
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 Corporation31
  2. Arista Networks, Inc.18
  3. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.7
  4. Facebook, Inc.4
  5. NVIDIA Corporation4
  6. Achronix Semiconductor Corporation3
  7. Xekera Systems Inc1
  8. Nexthop Systems Inc1
  9. WorldEngine AI, Inc.1
  10. Bigstream Solutions, Inc.1
  11. Jump Operations, LLC1
  12. Netapp, 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 $152,703; middle half $129,172 to $167,150 · median prevailing wage $152,703 (marker) · 74 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I3
  2. Level II10
  3. Level III14
  4. Level IV6
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 Santa Clara is 8.1% 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 Santa Clara
6.2%
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 Santa Clara job market

Santa Clara has 33,150 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,478 job titles and 2,175 employers; "Hardware Engineer" ranks #53 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Hardware Engineer in Santa Clara
53
Median offered wage in Santa Clara, all job titles
$163,031
National median wage, Computer Hardware Engineers (all job titles)
$164,350
Other job titles in Santa Clara
  1. Software Engineer2,663
  2. Component Design Engineer950
  3. Software Development Engineer II635
  4. Senior Software Engineer609
  5. Hardware Engineer, Electronics460
  6. Staff Software Engineer354
  7. Engineer Senior Systems Software317
  8. Process Engineer276
  9. Principal Software Engineer248
  10. Software Development Engineer I231
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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