Hardware Design Engineer Salary in Vermont

How much does a Hardware Design Engineer make in Vermont?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Hardware Design Engineer in Vermont is $81,852 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $39.

However, a Hardware Design Engineer's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $94,721
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $75,112 to $88,588
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $68,976

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Hardware Design Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$88,588	$7,382	$1,704	$43
Average	$81,852	$6,821	$1,574	$39
25th Percentile	$75,112	$6,259	$1,444	$36

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Key Factors That Influence Hardware Design Engineer Salaries

A Hardware Design Engineer's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Hardware Design Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Hardware Design Engineer's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $81,234
Early Career (1-2 years): $97,110
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $112,607
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $136,783
Expert (over 8 years): $161,497

Levels	Salary
Hardware ... Level Hardware Design Engineer	$81,234
Hardware ... Level Hardware Design Engineer	$97,110
Hardware ... Level Hardware Design Engineer	$112,607
Hardware ... Level Hardware Design Engineer	$136,783
Hardware ... Level Hardware Design Engineer	$161,497

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How Do Hardware Design Engineer Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Hardware Design Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $92,382.
California: $92,031.
Massachusetts: $90,805.

District of Columbia $92,382 California $92,031 Massachusetts $90,805 Washington $90,471 New Jersey $90,438 Alaska $90,321 Connecticut $89,169 New York $88,702

Hawaii $87,209 Rhode Island $86,508 Maryland $86,032 Minnesota $85,381 Colorado $85,131 Illinois $85,048 Oregon $84,731 Delaware $84,497

New Hampshire $84,350 Virginia $84,021 Pennsylvania $83,062 Nevada $82,578 North Dakota $82,419 Michigan $82,169 Wisconsin $82,077 Vermont $81,894

Texas $81,385 Maine $81,351 Arizona $81,301 Ohio $81,243 Georgia $80,475 Indiana $80,092 Wyoming $80,016 Utah $79,900

Iowa $79,850 Kansas $79,449 Louisiana $79,332 North Carolina $79,291 Missouri $79,274 Florida $78,948 Montana $78,773 Nebraska $78,606

Kentucky $78,515 South Carolina $78,181 Tennessee $77,972 Idaho $77,889 New Mexico $77,280 Oklahoma $77,146 Alabama $76,654 South Dakota $75,828

Arkansas $75,377 West Virginia $75,135 Mississippi $74,409

Top Paying Cities for Hardware Design Engineers

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Adamant: $83,529
Barre: $83,529
Cabot: $83,529

Adamant, VT $83,529 Barre, VT $83,529 Cabot, VT $83,529 Calais, VT $83,529 East Barre, VT $83,529 East Calais, VT $83,529 East Montpelier, VT $83,529 Eden, VT $83,529

Eden Mills, VT $83,529 Graniteville, VT $83,529 Hyde Park, VT $83,529 Johnson, VT $83,529 Lake Elmore, VT $83,529 Marshfield, VT $83,529 Moretown, VT $83,529 Morrisville, VT $83,529

Moscow, VT $83,529 Northfield, VT $83,529 Northfield Falls, VT $83,529 North Hyde Park, VT $83,529 North Montpelier, VT $83,529 Plainfield, VT $83,529 Roxbury, VT $83,529 South Barre, VT $83,529

Waterbury, VT $83,529 Stowe, VT $83,529 Waitsfield, VT $83,529 Warren, VT $83,529 Washington, VT $83,529 Waterbury Center, VT $83,529 Websterville, VT $83,529 Williamstown, VT $83,529

Wolcott, VT $83,529 Woodbury, VT $83,529 Worcester, VT $83,529 Rutland, VT $83,880 Belmont, VT $82,937 Benson, VT $83,529 Bomoseen, VT $83,529 Brandon, VT $83,529

Bridport, VT $83,529 Castleton, VT $83,880 Center Rutland, VT $83,880 Chittenden, VT $83,529 Cuttingsville, VT $84,222 Danby, VT $84,222 East Middlebury, VT $83,529 East Poultney, VT $83,930

East Wallingford, VT $84,222 Fair Haven, VT $83,930 Florence, VT $83,529 Forest Dale, VT $83,529 Gaysville, VT $83,529 Granville, VT $83,529 Hancock, VT $83,529 Hydeville, VT $83,930

Killington, VT $83,529 Middlebury, VT $83,529 Middletown Springs, VT $84,222 Mount Holly, VT $82,937 North Clarendon, VT $83,880 Orwell, VT $83,529 Pawlet, VT $84,222 Pittsfield, VT $83,529

Pittsford, VT $83,529 Poultney, VT $84,138 Proctor, VT $83,529 Ripton, VT $83,529 Rochester, VT $83,529 Rupert, VT $84,188 Salisbury, VT $83,529 Shoreham, VT $83,529

Stockbridge, VT $83,529 Wallingford, VT $84,222 Wells, VT $84,138 West Pawlet, VT $84,222 West Rupert, VT $84,205 West Rutland, VT $83,880 Whiting, VT $83,529 Saint Johnsbury, VT $83,529

Albany, VT $83,529 Barnet, VT $83,529 Barton, VT $83,529 Beebe Plain, VT $83,529 Concord, VT $83,529 Coventry, VT $83,529 Craftsbury, VT $83,529 Craftsbury Common, VT $83,529

Danville, VT $83,529 Derby, VT $83,529 Derby Line, VT $83,529 East Burke, VT $83,529 East Charleston, VT $83,529 East Hardwick, VT $83,529 East Haven, VT $83,529 East Saint Johnsbury, VT $83,529

Glover, VT $83,529 Granby, VT $83,529 Greensboro, VT $83,529 Greensboro Bend, VT $83,529 Hardwick, VT $83,529 Irasburg, VT $83,529 Island Pond, VT $83,529 Lowell, VT $83,529

Lower Waterford, VT $83,529 Lyndon, VT $83,529 Lyndon Center, VT $83,529 Lyndonville, VT $83,529 Morgan, VT $83,529 Newport, VT $83,529 Newport Center, VT $83,529 North Concord, VT $83,529

North Troy, VT $83,529 Orleans, VT $83,529 Passumpsic, VT $83,529 Peacham, VT $83,529 Saint Johnsbury Center, VT $83,529 Sheffield, VT $83,529 Sutton, VT $83,529 Troy, VT $83,529

West Burke, VT $83,529 West Charleston, VT $83,529 West Danville, VT $83,529 Westfield, VT $83,529 West Glover, VT $83,529 Averill, VT $83,529 Beecher Falls, VT $83,529 Canaan, VT $83,529

Gilman, VT $82,586 Guildhall, VT $83,337 Lunenburg, VT $83,529 Norton, VT $83,529 North Bennington, VT $84,447 North Pownal, VT $84,389 Pownal, VT $84,389 White River Junction, VT $81,652

Ascutney, VT $81,652 Barnard, VT $82,586 Bethel, VT $83,529 Bradford, VT $82,586 Bridgewater, VT $81,652 Bridgewater Corners, VT $82,586 Brookfield, VT $83,529 Brownsville, VT $81,652

Chelsea, VT $83,529 Corinth, VT $83,529 East Corinth, VT $83,529 East Randolph, VT $83,529 East Ryegate, VT $83,529 East Thetford, VT $81,652 Fairlee, VT $81,652 Groton, VT $83,529

Hartford, VT $81,652 Hartland, VT $81,652 Hartland Four Corners, VT $81,652 Mc Indoe Falls, VT $83,529 Newbury, VT $82,586 North Hartland, VT $81,652 North Pomfret, VT $82,586 North Thetford, VT $81,652

Norwich, VT $81,652 Plymouth, VT $82,937 Post Mills, VT $82,586 Quechee, VT $81,652 Randolph, VT $83,529 Randolph Center, VT $83,529 Reading, VT $81,652 Sharon, VT $82,586

South Pomfret, VT $81,652 South Royalton, VT $83,529 South Ryegate, VT $83,529 South Strafford, VT $82,586 South Woodstock, VT $81,652 Strafford, VT $82,586 Taftsville, VT $81,652 Thetford, VT $81,652

Thetford Center, VT $81,652 Topsham, VT $83,529 Tunbridge, VT $83,529 Vershire, VT $83,529 Wells River, VT $83,529 West Fairlee, VT $82,586 West Hartford, VT $81,652 West Newbury, VT $82,586

West Topsham, VT $83,529 Wilder, VT $81,652 Windsor, VT $81,652 Woodstock, VT $81,652 Bellows Falls, VT $81,652 Cambridgeport, VT $83,254 Cavendish, VT $81,652 Chester, VT $81,652

Chester Depot, VT $81,652 Grafton, VT $83,980 Londonderry, VT $84,222 Ludlow, VT $82,937 North Springfield, VT $81,652 Perkinsville, VT $81,652 Peru, VT $84,222 Proctorsville, VT $81,652

Saxtons River, VT $83,254 South Londonderry, VT $84,706 Springfield, VT $81,652 Westminster, VT $81,652 Westminster Station, VT $85,190 Weston, VT $84,222 Shaftsbury, VT $84,414 Brattleboro, VT $85,181

Bondville, VT $84,222 East Dover, VT $84,772 Jacksonville, VT $84,839 Jamaica, VT $84,222 Marlboro, VT $84,923 Newfane, VT $85,181 Putney, VT $85,190 Readsboro, VT $84,722

South Newfane, VT $84,939 Stamford, VT $84,722 Townshend, VT $84,706 Vernon, VT $85,448 Wardsboro, VT $84,706 West Dover, VT $84,647 West Dummerston, VT $85,181 West Halifax, VT $85,131

West Townshend, VT $84,706 West Wardsboro, VT $84,664 Whitingham, VT $84,781 Williamsville, VT $85,181 Wilmington, VT $84,722 Burlington, VT $84,280 South Burlington, VT $84,280 Winooski, VT $84,280

Colchester, VT $84,280 Alburgh, VT $83,529 Bakersfield, VT $83,529 Belvidere Center, VT $83,529 Bristol, VT $83,529 Cambridge, VT $83,779 Charlotte, VT $84,130 East Berkshire, VT $83,529

East Fairfield, VT $83,529 Enosburg Falls, VT $83,529 Essex, VT $84,280 Essex Junction, VT $84,280 Fairfax, VT $83,980 Fairfield, VT $83,529 Ferrisburgh, VT $83,779 Franklin, VT $83,529

Grand Isle, VT $83,980 Highgate Center, VT $83,529 Highgate Springs, VT $83,529 Hinesburg, VT $84,180 Huntington, VT $83,980 Isle La Motte, VT $83,529 Jeffersonville, VT $83,629 Jericho, VT $84,180

Jonesville, VT $84,080 Milton, VT $84,230 Monkton, VT $83,880 Montgomery, VT $83,529 Montgomery Center, VT $83,529 New Haven, VT $83,529 North Ferrisburgh, VT $83,930 North Hero, VT $83,629

Richford, VT $83,529 Richmond, VT $84,130 Saint Albans, VT $83,629 Saint Albans Bay, VT $83,579 Shelburne, VT $84,280 Sheldon, VT $83,529 Sheldon Springs, VT $83,529 South Hero, VT $84,230

Starksboro, VT $83,679 Swanton, VT $83,529 Underhill, VT $84,130 Underhill Center, VT $83,930 Vergennes, VT $83,629 Waterville, VT $83,529 Westford, VT $84,080 Williston, VT $84,280

Montpelier, VT $83,529 Bennington, VT $84,489 Arlington, VT $84,389 Dorset, VT $84,222 East Arlington, VT $84,397 East Dorset, VT $84,222 Manchester, VT $84,222 Manchester Center, VT $84,222

Hardware Design Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Hardware Design Engineer's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 18, 2021

$75,112

Average $81,852/year

$88,588

$6,259

Average $6,821/month

$7,382

$1,444

Average $1,574/week

$1,704

$36

Average $39/hour

$43

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$88,588	$7,382	$1,704	$43
Average	$81,852	$6,821	$1,574	$39
25th Percentile	$75,112	$6,259	$1,444	$36

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