Expert Electronics Engineer salary in New York, NY

Based on 16 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level IV in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Holmdel, Jersey City, Secaucus, Somerset, Bridgewater.

Also listed as: Hardware Engineer, Hardware Engineer Electronics

Median salary$168,000
Middle 50%$164k–$177.8k
vs. all levels here+26%comparison median $133,450
Filings16FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $156,437 and $210,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$158,219
25th$164,000
50th (median)$168,000
75th$177,757
90th$203,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $150k $180k FY2021: median $140,000 (11 filings) FY2022: median $147,500 (14 filings) FY2023: median $151,122 (12 filings) FY2025: median $164,500 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 14 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 6 filings FY24 FY2025: 12 filings FY25 FY2026: 4 filings FY26 14
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––6
FY2021$140,000$133,598$158,39711
FY2022$147,500$135,199$161,03514
FY2023$151,122$141,500$168,75012
FY2024–––6
FY2025$164,500$163,000$168,00012
FY2026–––4

Cost of living

New York's median expert Electronics Engineer salary of $168,000 is worth about $149,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in the New York, NY area earned a median of $144,930 in May 2025 (2,300 employed). The H-1B median here is $168,000, 16% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
NVIDIAtoo few5
Cisco Systemstoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $101,878 19
Mid-level · Level II $127,171 38
Senior · Level III $153,464 25
Expert · Level IV $168,000 16

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$101,878$101,87819
Mid-level · Level II$112,798$127,17138
Senior · Level III$152,464$153,46425
Expert · Level IV$156,437$168,00016

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.