NVIDIA pays Hardware Engineering roles an average of $152.7k – $274.0k per year, based on 89 job postings — 8% below the average of $152.5k – $308.9k for Hardware Engineering positions listed on Inference Jobs.
Entry Level roles pay $108.9k – $200.8k, rising to $162.8k – $291.2k at the Senior level.
Average Hardware Engineering salary at NVIDIA: $152.7k – $274.0k
NVIDIAAverage on Inference JobsAll Hardware Engineering salaries
$116k$368k
Salaries at NVIDIA by seniority
NVIDIA salaries range from Entry Level at $108.9k – $200.8k to Senior at $162.8k – $291.2k.
Entry Level
$100.0k$328.1k
Senior
$100.0k$328.1k
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NVIDIA Hardware Engineering salary FAQs
Hardware Engineering positions at NVIDIA average $152.7k – $274.0k per year, based on 89 job postings with published salary data.
Entry Level Hardware Engineering roles at NVIDIA average $108.9k – $200.8k, while Senior roles reach $162.8k – $291.2k. The company has salary data across 2 seniority levels for this category.
NVIDIA pays 8% below the average of $152.5k – $308.9k for Hardware Engineering positions listed on Inference Jobs.
Among 8 comparable companies, 5 pay more and 3 pay less than NVIDIA for Hardware Engineering roles. The highest-paying comparable company is OpenAI at $243.2k – $401.1k.
Senior Hardware Engineering roles are the highest paying at NVIDIA, averaging $162.8k – $291.2k per year.
Salary data is sourced from published job postings with explicit compensation ranges, normalized to annual USD equivalents. Statistical outliers are removed using interquartile range (IQR) filtering. Figures reflect advertised salary ranges and may not include bonuses, equity, or other compensation.
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.
