Engineer Senior ASIC H-1B salary at Nvidia — 225 certified filings (FY2017–FY2026)
- 15
- Filings · FY2025
- $168k
- Median base · FY2025
- $164k–$196k
- Middle 50% · FY2025
- ±0%
- vs market median · all years
Nvidia filed 15 certified H-1B LCAs for Engineer Senior ASIC in FY2025, with a median base salary of $168k and the middle 50% of offers between $164k and $196k. Across all years its $170k median is in line with the $170k market median for Engineer Senior ASIC. It has filed 225 Engineer Senior ASIC LCAs since FY2017, most often in Santa Clara, CA.
How much does Nvidia pay a Engineer Senior ASIC?
Certified base salary for Engineer Senior ASIC at Nvidia by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $168k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
Does Nvidia pay Engineer Senior ASICs above the market?
Nvidia's all-years median against every employer's certified Engineer Senior ASIC LCAs — in line with the market. Same cleaned DOL title, same base-salary definition, so the two rows compare like for like.
| Base salary for this title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Nvidia | 225 | $170k |
| All employers · Engineer Senior ASIC | 229 | $170k |
How has Nvidia's Engineer Senior ASIC hiring changed by year?
2 certified Engineer Senior ASIC filings in FY2017 → 178 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 178 | +1087% | $186k |
| FY2025 | 15 | +7% | $168k |
| FY2024 | 14 | +40% | $164k |
| FY2023 | 10 | +900% | $152k |
| FY2022 | 1 | −67% | $147k |
| FY2021 | 3 | +50% | $152k |
| FY2018 | 2 | 0% | $126k |
| FY2017 | 2 | — | $112k |
Which wage levels does Nvidia file for Engineer Senior ASIC?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 100% of Nvidia's Engineer Senior ASIC filings sit at Level III–IV. Higher levels earn more entries in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.
Share of 124 Engineer Senior ASIC filings with a wage level · all years
- Level III14.5%18
- Level IV85.5%106
Where does Nvidia hire H-1B Engineer Senior ASICs?
Worksite states and cities on the certified filings for this title, all years, with the median base salary at each.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| California | 181 | $170k |
| Texas | 16 | $168k |
| North Carolina | 7 | $168k |
| Massachusetts | 5 | $172k |
| Washington | 5 | $196k |
| Oregon | 3 | $176k |
| South Carolina | 3 | $160k |
| Arizona | 2 | $180k |
| City | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara, CA | 169 | $186k |
| Austin, TX | 12 | $168k |
| Folsom, CA | 8 | $164k |
| Westford, MA | 4 | $172k |
| Apex, NC | 3 | $190k |
| Charleston, SC | 3 | $160k |
| Durham, NC | 3 | $168k |
| Hillsboro, OR | 3 | $176k |
Also filed as
Nvidia's other sponsored titles, and the employers that file the most Engineer Senior ASIC LCAs. All years.
Other titles at Nvidia
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,830 | $171k |
| Hardware Engineer, Electronics | 731 | $164k |
| Engineer Senior Systems Software | 590 | $181k |
| Research Scientist | 327 | $168k |
| Architect | 211 | $180k |
| Program Manager | 195 | $181k |
| Verification Engineer | 185 | $156k |
| Product Manager | 171 | $186k |
| Hardware Engineer | 166 | $125k |
| ASIC Engineer | 147 | $170k |
Top Engineer Senior ASIC sponsors
| Employer | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Mellanox Technologies | 4 | $136k |
Common questions about Engineer Senior ASIC H-1B pay at Nvidia
- How much does Nvidia pay a Engineer Senior ASIC on an H-1B?
- Nvidia's median certified H-1B base salary for Engineer Senior ASIC is $168k in FY2025, from 15 filings; the middle 50% of offers fall between $164k and $196k. Across all years the median is $170k.
- How many Engineer Senior ASIC H-1B LCAs has Nvidia filed?
- Nvidia has 225 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for Engineer Senior ASIC on record (FY2017–FY2026), 178 of them in FY2026. That is 2% of its 9,816 certified filings across all titles.
- Does Nvidia pay Engineer Senior ASICs above the market?
- Nvidia's all-years median of $170k is in line with the $170k median for Engineer Senior ASIC across all H-1B employers (229 certified filings).
- Where does Nvidia hire H-1B Engineer Senior ASICs?
- Nvidia's Engineer Senior ASIC LCAs name worksites mostly in California, Texas, North Carolina; the top cities are Santa Clara, CA, Austin, TX, Folsom, CA.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2017–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →