H-1B demand profile: Computer Hardware Engineers, R&D. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 17-2063-00, employers filed 22 Labor Condition Applications for Computer Hardware Engineers, R&D positions across 14 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 95.5% 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 $47,476 at the floor to $156,557 at the ceiling, with an average of $81,166. 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 University of Colorado with 4 petitions at an average offered wage of $72,965, followed by University of Maryland College Park, North Carolina State University, University of California, Berkeley. Geographically, CA leads with 5 filings (avg $97,413), followed by CO, MD, VA. 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.