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Hardware Engineer, Electronics salary in North Carolina

A real-employer view of Hardware Engineer, Electronics 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 May 5, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Hardware Engineer, Electronics in North Carolina: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 6 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $139,703. 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 II — qualified3$111,405
Level IV — fully competent3$196,000

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Hardware Engineer, Electronics in North Carolina. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
NVIDIA CorporationHardware Engineer, Electronics5$168,000
Cisco Systems, Inc.Hardware Engineer1$105,893

Recent sample filings

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

  • Hardware Engineer, Electronics at NVIDIA Corporation
    $196,000
    DurhamWage Level IVDecided Apr 30, 2025I-200-25113-897362
  • Hardware Engineer at Cisco Systems, Inc.
    $105,893
    Research Triangle ParkWage Level IIDecided Jan 14, 2025I-200-25006-598160
  • Hardware Engineer, Electronics at NVIDIA Corporation
    $111,405
    DurhamWage Level IIDecided Feb 19, 2025I-200-25042-684880
  • Hardware Engineer, Electronics at NVIDIA Corporation
    $111,405
    DurhamWage Level IIDecided Feb 19, 2025I-200-25043-685121
  • Hardware Engineer, Electronics at NVIDIA Corporation
    $168,000
    DurhamWage Level IVDecided Jan 31, 2025I-200-25025-642489
  • Hardware Engineer, Electronics at NVIDIA Corporation
    $196,000
    DurhamWage Level IVDecided Jan 28, 2025I-200-25021-632830

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 Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.