H-1B demand profile: Computer Hardware Engineers, R&D. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 17-2063, employers filed 4 Labor Condition Applications for Computer Hardware Engineers, R&D positions across 2 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 75% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Computer Hardware Engineers, R&D among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Computer Hardware Engineers, R&D. Offered wages on LCAs range from $50,000 at the floor to $83,741 at the ceiling, with an average of $66,870. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Computer Hardware Engineers, R&D. The top sponsor is South Carolina State University with 2 petitions at an average offered wage of $50,000, followed by University of Michigan. Geographically, MI leads with 2 filings (avg $83,741), followed by SC. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Computer Hardware Engineers, R&D actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.