Hardware Engineer salary
What a hardware engineer actually earns, from 55 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-22.
What the number means
A hardware engineer earns a blended US median near 174,250 dollars, with the typical middle running from 131,604 dollars to 198,000 dollars. The official trend has moved up about 32 percent since 2019. Demand is rated moderate, and 5% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is aerospace engineer, at 56 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
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- Hardware Design Engineer (all genders) at BRUSA Elektronik AGBuchs SG, St. Gallen, Switzerland1d agoApply
FPGA Engineer at Vector TradingBrazil · Remote2d agoApply
Senior RF Engineer at SpireGlasgow1w agoApply
Senior Digital Design Engineer (#OAEG3) at CirrusEdinburgh, Scotland1w agoApply- Senior Analog Design Engineer at CirrusNewbury, England1w agoApply
- Senior / Staff Analog Design Engineer (PC) at CirrusEdinburgh, Scotland1w agoApply
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Quick answers
How much does a hardware engineer make?
The blended US median is about 174,250 dollars, with a typical range from 131,604 dollars to 198,000 dollars.
Is hardware engineer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated moderate in our July 2026 corpus, with 5% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a hardware engineer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is aerospace engineer, at 56 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 17-2061. Live corpus 55 observations, 2026-09-22. Definitions in the glossary.