Boeing hardware engineering salaries

Across 22 open hardware engineering postings at Boeing that state a range, the middle half pays $116k–$149k a year, with a median of $138k. The lowest posted floor is $74k and the highest ceiling $223k. This is base pay as posted by Boeing, converted to US dollars; equity and bonus are not included.

From pay ranges in open postingsRebuilt 10 Oct 2026

The range

Lowest floor$74k
25th percentile$116k
Median$138k
75th percentile$149k
Highest ceiling$223k

Postings by the midpoint of the posted range, in steps of $10k

Middle halfMedian bucket

Median by team at Boeing

Management$198k
Engineering leadership$187k
Security$165k
Hardware engineering$138k
DevOps and infrastructure$131k
Industrial engineering$122k
Operations$104k

Postings with a stated range: Management 5 · Engineering leadership 9 · Security 6 · Hardware engineering 22 · Backend engineering 32 · DevOps and infrastructure 15 · Industrial engineering 99 · Operations 32

Hardware engineering pay by level

LevelPostingsMedianMiddle half
Senior8$137k$116k–$149k
Staff and principal4$142k$130k–$149k
Lead7$141k$129k–$178k

27 hardware engineering roles open at Boeing now

22 of them show the pay range on the posting.

Questions

How much does Boeing pay for hardware engineering roles?

The median of the 22 posted ranges is $138k a year; the middle half sits between $116k and $149k.

Is this base salary or total compensation?

Base salary as written in the posting. Many US employers post ranges under state pay transparency laws (California, New York, Washington, Colorado and others); equity and bonus are not part of these figures.

Why posted ranges and not self-reported salaries?

A posted range is what the employer commits to for a role it has open today. It is fresher than a survey and cannot be inflated by respondents. Each posting counts once, at the midpoint of its range.

Which level pays most?

Staff and principal roles have the highest median here: $142k a year across 4 postings.

Source: the pay ranges of 22 open postings on Boeing's careers board; the midpoint of each rangeUpdated 10 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0