Intel salaries
The median posted base pay for tech jobs at Intel is $177K a year, from 206 open jobs with posted pay. The middle half of the jobs is from $150K to $217K. The median posted range is $142K to $232K. The median at Intel is 8% below the median of all companies ($193K).
- Median posted base pay
- $177K
- Middle half of the jobs
- $150K to $217K
- 10th to 90th percentile
- $121K to $255K
- Open jobs with posted pay
- 206
Intel pay by level
Posted base pay at Intel, by the level in the job title. A level needs 3 or more jobs with posted pay.
- Intern28 jobs$121K$106K to $142K
- Level not stated130 jobs$177K$161K to $206K
- Senior38 jobs$217K$195K to $237K
- Staff3 jobs$217K$206K to $218K
- Principal4 jobs$287K$266K to $309K
- Director+3 jobs$309K$282K to $310K
| Level | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | Jobs with pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | $99K | $106K | $121K | $142K | $150K | 28 |
| Level not stated | $132K | $161K | $177K | $206K | $240K | 130 |
| Senior | $177K | $195K | $217K | $237K | $259K | 38 |
| Staff | $199K | $206K | $217K | $218K | $218K | 3 |
| Principal | $266K | $266K | $287K | $309K | $309K | 4 |
| Director+ | $266K | $282K | $309K | $310K | $310K | 3 |
Intel pay by job type
The median for each job type at Intel, compared with the median of all companies for the same job type. A job type needs 3 or more jobs with posted pay. One job can have more than one job type.
| Job type | Median at Intel | Middle half | Median of all companies | Difference | Jobs with pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software engineering | $177K | $147K to $207K | $192K | −8% | 88 |
| Hardware and robotics | $177K | $161K to $206K | $170K | +4% | 66 |
| Inference & ML systems | $213K | $171K to $253K | $221K | −4% | 27 |
| ML / AI engineering | $213K | $168K to $269K | $215K | −1% | 19 |
| Infra, platform & SRE | $187K | $147K to $208K | $195K | −4% | 16 |
| Research | $176K | $170K to $231K | $216K | −19% | 10 |
| Solutions engineering | $255K | $171K to $266K | $183K | +40% | 5 |
Open jobs at Intel with posted pay
These are the 20 jobs with the highest posted pay, from 206 open jobs with posted pay. Each range is the base pay that Intel posted.
- Principal Engineer$234K to $383K
- Sr. Director, Networking Hardware Product Management$258K to $364K
- Sr Director, XSE Design Verification Engineering$256K to $361K
- Lead Humanoid Robotics System Architect$221K to $361K
- Silicon SoC Architect$221K to $361K
- Senior CPU Performance Architect$191K to $361K
- GPU Software Engineer$256K to $361K
- Physical AI Solutions Architect$256K to $361K
- Principal Engineer, AI Applied Research$256K to $361K
- Director of Data Governance and Operations$172K to $338K
- GPU Software Architect$234K to $330K
- Semiconductor Device Modeling Engineer$174K to $330K
- Intel Foundry Advanced Device Development Engineering Manager$225K to $318K
- Foundry Device Engineer$162K to $318K
- Senior AI Systems and Solutions Architect – Agentic AI and CPU Host$195K to $315K
- Sr AI Runtime Architect - Neuromorphic Computing$195K to $315K
- Technical Manager- Virtual Platform Team$195K to $315K
- AI Performance Library Architect$171K to $315K
- Neuromorphic/AI Research Scientist$171K to $315K
- GPU Engineering Manager$221K to $312K
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How we compute these numbers
We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.
We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A company needs 5 or more open jobs with posted pay to have a page. Jobs under the same company name count as one company.
The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.