Salary for Industry: Semiconductor

Updated: 8 Feb 2012

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Industry: Semiconductor

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Job	National Salary Data (? XAll compensation data shown are the gross, national median (50th percentile). Pay can vary greatly by location. To view local data, take the PayScale survey. )	$0	$50K	$100K	$150K
Process Engineer, Semiconductor	$80,736
Sr. Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer	$103,478
Electrical Engineer	$74,749
Mechanical Engineer	$62,513
Senior ASIC Design Engineer	$96,542
Applications Engineer, Semiconductor	$77,554
Senior Electrical Engineer	$95,009
Country: United States \| Currency: USD \| Updated: 8 Feb 2012 \| Individuals Reporting: 1,149

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Job Listings for Semiconductor Jobs

Posted	Job Title	Company	Job Location
Jan 18	Sr MTS - Firmware	Vitesse Semiconductor	Camarillo, California
	Accountable for the development and quality assurance of low level C code for embedded microcontrollers, with emphasis on adaptive filter algorithm development... Indeed
Jan 10	Sr MTS II - Design	Vitesse Semiconductor	Portland, Oregon
	Accountable for analog/mixed signal design working in CMOS and BiCMOS processes on high data rate (up to 12.5 Gbps) communication IC’s. Responsibilities include... Indeed
Jan 07	Sr MTS - Field Applications	Vitesse Semiconductor	Silicon Valley, California
	Accountable for the technical support of Vitesse customers located in Southern California, Bay Area, and Pacific North West. Responsibilities include, but are... Indeed
Dec 12	Sr Mgr, Design	Vitesse Semiconductor	Portland, Oregon
	Accountable for the design of high performance ICs for the networking market. Chip functions to be developed include physical layer interface functions and high... Indeed

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Key Statistics for Semiconductor Jobs

Popular Employers

Salary Range


Intel Corporation	$61,014 - $120,473
Texas Instruments, Inc.	$63,509 - $120,996
Broadcom Corporation	$32,888 - $140,546
Applied Materials Inc	$60,402 - $134,095
Qualcomm Inc	$86,082 - $126,350

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Top Degrees

Salary Range


Bachelor's Degree	$62,603 - $102,844
Master of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering (EE)	$76,493 - $113,067
Doctorate (PhD)	$85,391 - $118,120
Master of Business Administration (MBA)	$77,652 - $136,947
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Electrical Engineering (EE)	$77,513 - $123,403

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Gender

	Female 24%			Male 76%
Salary:	$56,253 - $89,712			$71,888 - $116,281

Years of Experience

Less than 1 year

1-4 years

23%

5-9 years

27%

10-19 years

34%

20 years or more

12%

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