Role Filing Pattern
Hardware Development Engineer II appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 55 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Hardware Development Engineer II H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 17-2112.02
SOC Category: Validation Engineers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Macro Wage Baseline (BLS OEWS May 2023)
+50.9%
Filed H-1B base wages show $150,000 vs BLS national median $99,380
Hardware Development Engineer II (SOC 17-2112.02, Validation Engineers) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 55 filing records. Filed base wages span $133,400 to $172,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $150,000. Filed base wages for this role sit above the BLS occupational wage baseline used as a macro reference. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Median Salary
$150,000
H-1B LCA Filings
55LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$172,000
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Employer Concentration
The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from Amazon.com Services LLC, Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc., Amazon Data Services, Inc, and Amazon Web Services, Inc.. Use this as a filing-volume signal, not as a guarantee of current hiring or petition outcomes.
Location Pattern
Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as Sunnyvale, CA, Westborough, MA, North Reading, MA, Seattle, WA, and Los Gatos, CA. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
BLS Comparison Caveat
The BLS baseline shown here is a broad occupational wage reference, while the H-1B figure is a filed base wage from LCA records. Neither figure includes equity, bonus, benefits, or every compensation change after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$133,400
P25$142,445
Median$150,000
P75$165,000
Max$172,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Amazon.com Services LLC$150,00049
- 3
- Amazon Data Services, Inc$142,0002
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.$182,7001
Filed Wage by City
- Cupertino, CA$182,7001
- Sunnyvale, CA$170,50022
- Los Gatos, CA$165,0003
- Pasadena, CA$148,5002
- North Reading, MA$144,9007
- Seattle, WA$142,4455
- Austin, TX$142,0002
- Bellevue, WA$140,0003
- Westborough, MA$136,0007
- Nashville, TN$129,0001
- Hudson, MAN/A2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Hardware Development Engineer II?
The median filed base salary for Hardware Development Engineer II H-1B LCA records is $150,000 per year.
How many Hardware Development Engineer II H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 55 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Hardware Development Engineer II role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Hardware Development Engineer II?
Top employers filing LCAs for Hardware Development Engineer II include: Amazon.com Services LLC, Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc., Amazon Data Services, Inc.
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