What is the average ASIC salary?

$214K a year on average and $212K at the median, across 290 open ASIC postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.

What is the typical range?

The middle half of the postings offer $180K to $235K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest ASIC pay?

Anthropic ($402K), OpenAI ($386K), Sabi ($350K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is an asic a high-paying job?

The median ASIC posting advertises $212K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 22% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as an asic?

A tenth of the postings offer $275K a year or more; the highest open ASIC role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the ASIC salary per hour and per month?

The median of $212K a year is about $102 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,708 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $87 to $113 an hour.

Which skills pay more for ASIC roles?

Postings that ask for High-performance computing (+$4K, 48 postings) advertise more than the $212K median of all ASIC postings with pay.

What does an entry-level asic make?

5 junior and intern ASIC postings state pay, with a median of $135K a year ($65 an hour).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

ASIC Salary: $214K Average, $212K Median (Nov 2026)

ASIC salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $221K, 5% more than senior roles ($210K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$210K	$193K–$222K	78
Lead and above	$221K	$208K–$245K	105
No level in the title	$170K	$142K–$234K	102

ASIC salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$218K	168
🇺🇸United States	$212K	287
🇺🇸California	$212K	211
🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA	$200K	36
🇺🇸Seattle, WA	$188K	51

Skills that pay more for ASIC roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
High-performance computing	$217K	+$4K	48

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Anthropic	$402K	3
OpenAI	$386K	13
Sabi	$350K	3
DensityAI	$249K	10
Cerebras	$238K	8
Waymo	$228K	6
Anduril Industries	$222K	11
SambaNova	$218K	14
Astera Labs	$212K	49
K2 Space	$210K	31
Lightmatter	$210K	20
Celero Communications, Inc.	$200K	12
IonQ	$155K	3
SpaceX	$155K	80
PsiQuantum	$142K	5

Highest-paying open ASIC roles

All ASIC jobs

Research Engineer, Chip Design RLAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$500K - $850KLLMReinforcement learningASIC3w
Hardware Systems ArchitectAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $485KNetwork engineeringFirmwareHigh-performance computing3mo
Physical Design EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$225K - $485KPythonBazelHigh-performance computing2mo
SoC EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$287K - $485KHybridVerilogFirmwareHardware interfaces4w
Design Verification Engineer, HardwareRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX$200K - $420KPythonCI/CDBash6mo
Physical Design Engineer, HardwareRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX$200K - $420KPythonDeep learningSlack6mo
Forward Deployed Engineer, InferenceCohere · 🇺🇸United States$240K - $415KGoPythonC++2w
Helix AI Engineer, Training PerformanceFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$200K - $400KPythonC++PyTorch3mo
Lead Audio EngineerSabi · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $400KHybridLead and aboveASICMicrocontrollers6mo
Lead Electrical EngineerSabi · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $400KHybridLead and aboveFirmwareHardware testingPCB design6mo
Principal DFT Engineer (Silicon Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$220K - $355KLead and abovePythonVerilogPerl3mo
ASIC Network ArchitectSambaNova · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; Remote - US; San Jose, Cali…$250K - $350KRemoteRustPythonC++4mo
Director of ASIC Design VerificationSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$270K - $340KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningVerilog2mo
Principal DFT Engineer (Silicon Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Irvine, CA$210K - $340KLead and abovePythonVerilogPerl3mo
Director of Engineering, Compute CloudCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$285K - $335KLead and aboveLinuxKubernetesObservability2mo
Principal Digital ArchitectLightmatter · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; Mountain View, CA$217K - $325KLead and abovePythonMATLABData centers11mo
Staff SoC Design EngineerWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$251K - $310KLead and abovePythonC++Scala3mo
Performance Verification EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $310KLoad testingHardware testingCompilers5mo
Senior Staff Design Verification EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$250K - $300KLead and abovePython.NETVerilog3mo
Design Verification EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $300KASICComputer architectureUVM6mo

Questions about ASIC pay

What is the average ASIC salary?: $214K a year on average and $212K at the median, across 290 open ASIC postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
What is the typical range?: The middle half of the postings offer $180K to $235K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest ASIC pay?: Anthropic ($402K), OpenAI ($386K), Sabi ($350K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is an asic a high-paying job?: The median ASIC posting advertises $212K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 22% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as an asic?: A tenth of the postings offer $275K a year or more; the highest open ASIC role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the ASIC salary per hour and per month?: The median of $212K a year is about $102 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,708 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $87 to $113 an hour.
Which skills pay more for ASIC roles?: Postings that ask for High-performance computing (+$4K, 48 postings) advertise more than the $212K median of all ASIC postings with pay.
What does an entry-level asic make?: 5 junior and intern ASIC postings state pay, with a median of $135K a year ($65 an hour).
Where do these figures come from?: From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

ASIC salary: $212K median