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I also find it surprising that Hardware Engineers have a lower pay scale (Although I didn't hear very big differences like you said). Is there some kind of supp
by throwawayiIiIII 6y ago
I also find it surprising that Hardware Engineers have a lower pay scale (Although I didn't hear very big differences like you said). Is there some kind of supply-demand behind this? Engineers for car-related things as well.
Anecdotally I think you could in theory get a title change to software engineer, while doing the same thing, to get more pay.
- kccqzy 6y agoThere are big differences. A close friend who's a hardware engineer shared with me her salary. With five years of experience and a MS, her salary is the same as a fresh-out-of-undergrad junior software engineer at the same company. That's $120k in the valley.
- kbelder 6y agoHuh, I'm surprised. As a software guy, I think the hardware engineer has a tougher job that requires more skill.
- BeetleB 6y agoIt is tougher, but how tough a job is has little to do with the pay. It's all about supply/demand ratio, which is higher for hardware engineers. Hence they get paid less. There are simply far fewer HW jobs than SW ones. While there are more SW engineers, it doesn't make up for the delta in number of jobs available. Even within the SW world, I've jumped around jobs of varying difficulty. The tougher jobs did not pay more.