Hardware Salaries
Hardware roles pay a median of $185,000 per year across 847 postings that disclose pay, ranging from $153,000 to $218,750.
Updated November 3, 2026
Salary over time
Median advertised salary by month, USD per year. The shaded band is the middle half of postings.
March 2026 – October 2026 $126,000 – $218,962
Months follow the date a posting was published, and count postings closed since — the table below counts only those open now. A month needs 30 postings with a salary to be shown; a missing month is a gap, not a guess. A dashed step means the month had at least 3× the postings of the one before, so part of that change is which postings are counted. The hollow point is the current month, still filling up. These are postings on freehire, not the whole job market.
| Level | Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | USD | hour | $29 | $36 | $45 | 46 |
| Intern | USD | year | $116,222 | $123,000 | $140,000 | 23 |
| Intern | TWD | hour | NT$200 | NT$205 | NT$210 | 8 |
| Intern | EUR | year | €12,750 | €15,000 | €15,000 | 6 |
| Junior | USD | year | $83,000 | $116,000 | $140,625 | 24 |
| Middle | USD | year | $100,000 | $100,000 | $130,000 | 44 |
| Senior | USD | year | $152,362 | $177,250 | $206,500 | 384 |
| Senior | TWD | month | NT$58,125 | NT$63,750 | NT$89,750 | 22 |
| Senior | SGD | month | SGD 6,750 | SGD 7,500 | SGD 7,500 | 18 |
| Senior | EUR | year | €46,375 | €58,500 | €76,911 | 10 |
| Senior | INR | year | ₹3,000,000 | ₹3,250,000 | ₹4,000,000 | 9 |
| Senior | GBP | year | £55,000 | £60,000 | £67,500 | 9 |
| Senior | USD | hour | $46 | $56 | $136,800 | 8 |
| Senior | CAD | year | CA$124,500 | CA$133,250 | CA$140,031 | 8 |
| Senior | TWD | year | NT$1,475,000 | NT$1,750,000 | NT$2,175,000 | 7 |
| Lead | USD | year | $166,125 | $186,075 | $225,575 | 76 |
| Lead | EUR | month | €6,016 | €6,078 | €6,389 | 7 |
| Lead | USD | hour | $21 | $24 | $28 | 6 |
| Lead | CAD | year | CA$125,000 | CA$154,500 | CA$160,000 | 5 |
| Staff | USD | year | $178,000 | $202,200 | $222,000 | 121 |
| Staff | SGD | month | SGD 7,625 | SGD 8,962 | SGD 10,500 | 10 |
| Principal | USD | year | $163,700 | $200,000 | $237,500 | 137 |
| Principal | SGD | month | SGD 6,650 | SGD 7,250 | SGD 8,750 | 8 |
| Principal | GBP | year | £60,000 | £70,000 | £75,000 | 5 |
| C-level | USD | year | $198,000 | $250,000 | $296,875 | 38 |
| All levels | USD | year | $153,000 | $185,000 | $218,750 | 847 |
| All levels | USD | hour | $29 | $38 | $46 | 67 |
| All levels | SGD | month | SGD 6,738 | SGD 7,500 | SGD 8,062 | 44 |
| All levels | TWD | month | NT$55,000 | NT$60,000 | NT$100,000 | 27 |
| All levels | EUR | year | €15,000 | €48,250 | €68,846 | 20 |
| All levels | CAD | year | CA$121,250 | CA$137,188 | CA$158,625 | 18 |
| All levels | GBP | year | £55,000 | £60,000 | £70,000 | 17 |
| All levels | EUR | month | €3,211 | €5,945 | €6,078 | 12 |
| All levels | INR | year | ₹3,000,000 | ₹3,250,000 | ₹4,000,000 | 9 |
| All levels | TWD | year | NT$1,200,000 | NT$1,750,000 | NT$2,600,000 | 9 |
| All levels | TWD | hour | NT$200 | NT$205 | NT$210 | 8 |