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Apple salaries revealed: See how much engineers, data scientists and thousands of other employees at the tech giant make

Diamond Naga Siu

2022-09-28T12:00:00Z

tim cook apple code — Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Code Conference in 2022. Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media

Apple has performed solidly in an economic slowdown that has hit other tech companies harder.
We analyzed thousands of H-1B visa applications to get a sense of how much Apple pays employees.
It has one of the strictest tech return-to-office policies, so most of the people are in California.

Apple has performed a lot better than many tech companies during this economic slowdown. And it's still hiring a lot of new employees — and paying them well.

Although Apple does not share how much it pays workers, it is required to disclose salary offers in work-visa applications submitted to the US Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Insider combed data from the office, which authorizes hiring non-US employees, then publicly releases the information.

The data excludes stock grants that can significantly increase total compensation, but it is a valuable guide to Apple salaries for a variety of positions. Insider dug through the thousands of disclosed salaries that represent engineers, managers, and more.

The iPhone maker has one of the strictest tech return-to-office policies, so more than three-fourths of the second quarter 2022 salaries — over 3,000 applicants — represent workers in California. The highest-paid person in the data set is a senior director who was offered $415,000, while the lowest-paid is a graphic designer who was offered $62,733.

Here's a breakdown of what Apple pays many other employees. The broad categories are taken from filings by the Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Roles are listed below only if there are at least three candidates.

When you are done checking out the data below, take a look at Insider's Big Tech salary database to see how much Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and other companies pay their workers.

Software developers

Software Developers, Applications

AR/VR Software Development Engineer: $153,000 to $200,000
Engineering Project Manager: $135,000 to $278,750
Machine Learning Engineer: $137,000 to $174,256
Production Services Engineer: $159,375 to $196,500
Software Development Engineer: $120,000 to $291,725
Software Development Engineer - Applications: $90,750 to $246,000
Software Development Engineer - Firmware: $125,000 to $208,120
Software Development Engineer - Systems: $115,000 to $236,900
Software Development Engineer - Test: $138,000 to $220,000
Software Development Engineer - UI: $132,000 to $205,000
Software Integrity Engineer: $112,961 to $174,000
Tools & Automation Engineer: $122,120 to $200,000

Software Developers, Systems Software

AR/VR Software Development Engineer: $127,000 to $230,000
AR/VR Software Engineer: $144,900 to $174,000
Configuration/Release Engineer: $125,000 to $180,200
Engineering Project Manager: $137,500 to $209,873
Machine Learning Engineer: $120,000 to $260,500
Machine Learning Research Engineer: $147,660 to $225,000
Production Services Engineer: $140,000 to $203,480
Software Developer, Systems Software: $90,750 to $184,080
Software Development Engineer: $130,000 to $263,000
Software Development Engineer - Applications: $143,040 to $247,000
Software Development Engineer - Data: $150,000 to $250,000
Software Development Engineer - Firmware: $109,920 to $245,000
Software Development Engineer - Security: $155,000 to $263,000
Software Development Engineer - Server: $176,000 to $191,686
Software Development Engineer - Systems: $111,980 to $247,881
Software Development Engineer - Test: $132,000 to $208,000
Software Development Engineer - UI: $170,000 to $195,535
Software Integrity Engineer: $135,000 to $190,000
Systems Design Engineer: $130,000 to $172,794
Test Engineer: $142,358 to $206,000
Tools & Automation Engineer: $124,000 to $180,000

Analysts

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Financial Analysts

Financial Analyst: $94,224 to $158,464

Business Intelligence Analysts

Business Systems Analyst: $157,850 to $165,238
Data Scientist: $143,200 to $187,600
Financial Analyst: $137,824 to $155,333

Operations Research Analysts

Business Systems Analyst: $108,938 to $157,850
Data Scientist: $119,000 to $210,000
Engineering Project Manager: $135,000 to $205,000
Machine Learning Engineer: $155,000 to $205,000
Operations Research Analyst: $84,822 to $184,850
Professional Services Consultant: $148,000 to $205,000
Project Manager: $125,000 to $188,000
Strategic Sourcing Manager: $110,000 to $223,850
Supply Demand Planner: $123,000 to $155,000
WW SDM Planner: $135,000 to $149,831

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

Alliance/Partner Specialist: $140,000 to $194,757

Management Analysts

Engineering Project Manager: $145,000 to $181,889
Global Supply Manager: $145,000 to $185,000
Management Analyst: $93,558 to $136,573
Professional Services Consultant: $143,500 to $180,000
Strategic Sourcing Manager: $125,000 to $172,771

Computers

Apple CEO Tim Cook walking on-stage during a product launch event

Computer and Information Research Scientists

Data Scientist: $120,000 to $205,000
Machine Learning Engineer: $170,893 to $231,750
Machine Learning Research Engineer: $141,050 to $247,006

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

Production Services Engineer: $120,000 to $152,955

Computer Hardware Engineers

Design Verification Engineer: $122,040 to $217,835
Hardware Development Engineer: $163,000 to $233,000
Software Development Engineer: $126,459 to $208,875

Computer Systems Analysts

Data Engineer: $170,000 to $173,097
Engineering Project Manager: $161,600 to $172,422

Computer and Information Systems Managers

Data Scientist Manager: $180,595 to $263,731
Engineering Project/Program Manager: $176,930 to $227,944
Information Security Manager: $215,000 to $241,606
Machine Learning Manager: $169,048 to $300,000
Production Services Manager: $168,569 to $204,000
Software Development Engineer - Applications Manager: $173,102 to $290,000
Software Development Engineer - Manager: $174,449 to $270,000
Software Development Engineer - Systems Manager: $200,100 to $240,000
Software Development Engineer - Test Manager: $170,000 to $295,000
Software Development Engineer Manager: $171,000 to $282,500
Software QE Engineer Manager: $161,670 to $217,203

Engineers

Workers at an Apple supplier in Shanghai are operating under a "closed loop" system where they work, live, eat, and sleep onsite. Here, employees are going through a row call at an unrelated factory which manufactures for Apple in Shanghai, on Friday, April 15, 2016. — Workers at an Apple supplier in Shanghai Qilai Shen/In Pictures via Getty Images Images

Electrical Engineers

Analog IC Design Engineer: $165,000 to $195,000
CPU Implementation Engineer: $155,000 to $190,000
Design Verification Engineer: $108,124 to $200,000
Electrical Engineer: $92,040 to $174,845
Engineering Program Manager: $180,000 to $190,000
Engineering Project Manager: $140,000 to $195,000
FE Engineer: $123,557 to $185,000
Hardware Development Engineer: $115,000 to $220,000
Hardware Systems Engineer: $130,000 to $215,000
Implementation Engineer: $125,235 to $167,468
Power Engineer: $145,676 to $179,566
Product Compliance Engineer: $156,494 to $167,363
RF/Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer: $144,172 to $156,398
RFIC Design Engineer: $140,000 to $195,000
SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR: $135,000 to $190,000
Software Development Engineer - Firmware: $115,000 to $160,000
System Design Engineer: $175,000 to $195,000
Systems Design Engineer: $103,880 to $220,000
Wireless Systems Engineer: $185,000 to $213,876

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

Acoustics Engineer: $149,864 to $165,000
ASIC Design Engineer: $105,080 to $222,248
Design Verification Engineer: $121,626 to $244,485
Electronic Design Engineer: $140,000 to $171,500
Electronics Engineer, Except Computer: $110,822 to $172,245
Engineering Project Manager: $147,679 to $192,021
FE Engineer: $108,124 to $241,842
Formal Validation Engineer: $150,000 to $205,664
GPU Static Timing Analysis Engineer: $135,000 to $165,000
Hardware Development Engineer: $135,000 to $285,000
Hardware Systems Engineer: $134,350 to $213,151
Implementation Engineer: $120,000 to $210,000
Layout Engineer: $134,138 to $194,750
Machine Learning Engineer: $142,500 to $189,000
Performance and Modeling Engineer: $138,372 to $174,299
Power Engineer: $139,150 to $194,780
RF Systems Engineer: $155,000 to $200,000
RF Test Engineer: $151,039 to $155,250
RF/Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer: $144,172 to $215,000
Silicon Prototype Engineer: $135,000 to $170,000
Silicon Validation Engineer: $131,250 to $191,298
SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR: $145,000 to $195,000
SoC Physical Design Engineer, Top Level: $150,000 to $185,000
Software Development Engineer: $104,000 to $224,452
Software Development Engineer - Firmware: $112,254 to $212,357
Software Development Engineer - Systems: $146,000 to $195,800
Software Development Engineer - Test: $174,156 to $206,676
Software Integrity Engineer: $128,000 to $217,500
Systems Design Engineer: $137,000 to $212,580
Tools & Automation Engineer: $110,000 to $142,800
VLSI CAD Engineer: $140,806 to $214,702
Wireless Systems Engineer: $139,029 to $200,000
Wireless Systems Integration and Test Development Engineer: $165,000 to $195,000

Industrial Engineers

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer: $135,000 to $170,000
Engineering Project Manager: $130,000 to $191,005
Global Supply Manager: $145,000 to $185,000
Industrial Engineer: $103,189 to $144,248
Manufacturing Design Engineer: $124,200 to $203,335
Manufacturing Quality Engineer: $123,228 to $180,000
Operations Engineer Program Manager: $140,000 to $178,537
Operations Engineering Program Manager: $162,469 to $191,187
Operations Program Manager: $145,000 to $165,000
Product Quality Engineer: $135,000 to $190,000
Product Quality Manager: $140,000
Project/Program Manager: $151,598
Strategic Sourcing Manager: $105,000 to $155,000
Supply Chain Program Manager: $131,764 to $146,353
Technical Program Manager: $125,000 to $153,000

Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists

Human Factors Design Engineer: $128,750 to $236,900

Materials Engineers

Hardware Development Engineer: $157,000 to $176,000
Manufacturing Design Engineer: $124,044 to $165,000
Materials Engineer: $94,536 to $190,000
Product Design Engineer: $168,488 to $207,679
Reliability Engineer: $137,400 to $180,000

Mechanical Engineers

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer: $125,000 to $150,833
Engineering Project Manager: $135,000 to $160,000
Hardware Development Engineer: $125,000 to $190,000
Machine Learning Research Engineer: $149,833 to $193,463
Manufacturing Design Engineer: $125,757 to $176,280
Manufacturing Quality Engineer: $139,310 to $150,000
Mechanical Design Engineer: $142,500 to $170,000
Mechanical Engineer: $82,368 to $146,744
Product Design Engineer: $120,000 to $220,000
Product Quality Engineer: $133,487 to $180,000
Reliability Engineer: $150,000 to $165,000

Architectural and Engineering Managers

Design Verification Engineer Manager: $201,844 to $248,692
Engineering Project/Program Manager: $192,192 to $222,029
Hardware Development Manager: $200,750 to $300,000
Systems Design Manager: $206,147 to $270,500

Photonics Engineers

Hardware Development Engineer: $140,000 to $170,000

Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

Software Development Engineer: $120,000 to $198,000
Software Development Engineer - Applications: $154,000 to $175,000
Software Development Engineer - Test: $129,413 to $196,000
Software Integrity Engineer: $99,445 to $179,000
Software Quality Assurance Engineer and Tester: $70,346 to $168,834
Tools & Automation Engineer: $110,000 to $210,877

Artists

Multimedia Artists and Animators

HI Designer: $139,000 to $220,000

Commercial and Industrial Designers

HI Designer: $196,000 to $230,000

Graphic Designers

Graphic Designer: $62,733 to $92,851
HI Designer: $140,000 to $275,000
Marcom Designer: $137,000 to $165,000

Managers

Industrial Production Managers

Manufacturing Design Engineer Manager: $161,599 to $177,654
Manufacturing Quality Engineer Manager: $165,867 to $210,137.
Operations Engineering Management: $187,476 to $208,030
Strategic Sourcing Manager: $146,925 to $194,204
Technical Program Manager: $140,000 to $185,000

Information Technology Project Managers

Engineering Project Manager: $130,000 to $250,000

Marketing Managers

Marketing Manager: $169,790 to $275,000

Miscellaneous

Database Administrators

Software Development Engineer - Applications: $205,373 to $207,000

Lawyers

Legal Counsel: $210,000 to $225,000

Logisticians

Engineering Program Specialist: $110,000 to $125,000
Engineering Project Manager: $152,201 to $187,963
Logistics Analyst: $130,640 to $135,000
Strategic sourcing manager: $130,000 to $178,500
Technical Program Manager: $144,333 to $169,260
WW SDM Planner: $116,210 to $172,757

Statisticians

Data Engineer: $143,416 to $175,000
Data Scientist: $130,000 to $209,000
Machine Learning Engineer: $128,268 to $204,750

Accountants and Auditors

Financial Analyst: $110,000 to $181,406

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