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Lead Firmware Engineer salary in North Carolina

A real-employer view of Lead Firmware Engineer pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated August 1, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Lead Firmware Engineer in North Carolina: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 3 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $140,312. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level IV — fully competent1$154,312

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Lead Firmware Engineer in North Carolina. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings. Click a company for its full H-1B salary breakdown.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Itron, Inc.Senior Principal Firmware Engineer1$154,312
Royal Appliance Manufacturing CompanySr. Firmware Engineer1$121,230
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.Lead Firmware Engineer1$140,312

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Lead Firmware Engineer at SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    $140,312
    MorrisvilleDecided Feb 3, 2026I-200-26027-593528
  • Sr. Firmware Engineer at Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company
    $121,230
    CharlotteDecided Sep 2, 2025I-200-25237-266082
  • Senior Principal Firmware Engineer at Itron, Inc.
    $154,312
    RaleighWage Level IVDecided Feb 7, 2025I-200-25031-657113

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.