Hardware Engineering Salaries
The average Hardware Engineering salary is $152.5k – $308.9k per year across 201 jobs. Pay ranges from $100.0k – $177.7k for Entry Level roles to $189.6k – $361.4k at the Director level.
Average salary range
$152.5k – $308.9k
Based on 201 jobs · 2% more than the average salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$116k
Average
$230.7k
75th percentile
$368k
Hardware Engineering salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs | vs Avg. on Inference Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Level | $100.0k – $177.7k | 18 | +11% |
| Mid Level | $135.9k – $276.5k | 29 | +5% |
| Senior | $159.8k – $328.1k | 147 | +2% |
| Director | $189.6k – $361.4k | 5 | 0% |
Top companies for Hardware Engineering salaries
9 companies hiring for Hardware Engineering roles, ranked by average salary.
NVIDIA
Avg. $152.7k – $274.0k · 89 jobs
Tenstorrent
Avg. $100k – $500k · 31 jobs
OpenAI
Avg. $243.2k – $401.1k · 17 jobs
Figure
Avg. $135.3k – $225.3k · 16 jobs
Cerebras
Avg. $160.6k – $267.2k · 9 jobs
CoreWeave
Avg. $152.4k – $224.9k · 9 jobs
d-Matrix
Avg. $177.8k – $283.2k · 9 jobs
Sesame
Avg. $167.1k – $261.4k · 7 jobs
Graphcore
Avg. $153.9k – $211.2k · 5 jobs
Hardware Engineering salaries by location
Average Hardware Engineering salaries across 11 locations.
Santa Clara
Avg. $152.7k – $306.8k · 88 jobs
San Francisco
Avg. $222.3k – $357.5k · 24 jobs
Austin
Avg. $119.6k – $390.0k · 16 jobs
San Jose
Avg. $135.3k – $225.3k · 16 jobs
Sunnyvale
Avg. $156.1k – $259.4k · 7 jobs
Toronto
Avg. $100k – $500k · 5 jobs
Livingston
Avg. $163.6k – $243.2k · 5 jobs
Milpitas
Avg. $132.1k – $182.4k · 4 jobs
Canada, Remote
Avg. $123.8k – $180.1k · 3 jobs
Westford
Avg. $140k – $264.5k · 3 jobs
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Hardware Engineering salary FAQs
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.