Is this Altera salary base pay or total compensation?

These figures are the midpoint of each posting's advertised range, from public job postings. Equity is a separate, often-large component of total compensation and is not included here.

Is this Altera data from placements or job postings?

It is aggregated from public job postings on Altera's career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

What skills pay the most at Altera?

Postings requiring Python carry a median base of $201K (16 postings).

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Altera Salary

Q: What does Altera pay?

Altera pays a median of $183K, with a range of $175K to $229K, based on 49 public job postings collected in 2025–2026. These are posted-range midpoints; equity is separate and not included.

Q: What is the highest-paying job at Altera?

The highest observed base pay is $341K (Senior Director, Chief of Staff: Hardware Engineering), from a public job posting. Equity is separate.

Altera pays a median of $183K ($175K–$229K) across 49 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $175K–$229K salary range

Median: $183K · Based on 49 public Altera job postings · Updated June 19, 2026

This Altera salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Altera · pay benchmark · updated June 19, 2026

$183K

inc. eng · sales · ops

All-role median

$175K–$229K

Typical range

$341K view JD

Highest base · Senior Director, Chief of Staff: Hardware Engineering

49

Open roles

~8 yrs

Typical exp.

+49

49 last 90d

New last 30d

ⓘ Base salary only — 4% of roles mention equity · options

Highest-paying skills

Python $201KAzure $183K

Highest-paying open roles at Altera

Senior Director, Chief of Staff: Hardware Engineering — $232K–$341K
Sr. Director, Boards, Packages, Reliability — $232K–$341K
Senior Director, Program Enablement & Operations (Hardware Engineering) — $231K–$341K
Director of Foundry Engineering — $210K–$303K
Senior FPGA Security Architect– Aerospace, Defense & Government — $200K–$290K
Engineering Leader of AI Transformation — $206K–$290K
FPGA DDR and IO Subsystem Architect — $200K–$286K
Clocking Architect — $187K–$271K
Senior FPGA Compiler (Router) Engineer — $187K–$270K
Software Engineering Manager - Graphical User Interface (GUI) — $187K–$270K

What Altera looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (4) · Java (1) · Forecasting (1) · FP&A (1) · SQL (1) · Tableau (1) · R (1).

About Altera

Altera is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 1983 · HQ San Jose, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Altera

Roles typically ask for around 8 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 12 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 4% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Altera hiring activity

Altera has 49 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 49 public job postings with disclosed pay. 49 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (49 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Altera's pay with companies in the same space:

Company	Median pay	vs Altera	Stage
Google	$200K	↑ +10%	Public
SpaceX	$135K	↓ -26%	Series D
Accenture Federal Services	$154K	↓ -16%	Venture-backed
OpenAI	$308K	↑ +68%	Late Stage
Esri	$126K	↓ -31%	—
Databricks	$215K	↑ +18%	Series J

Common questions

What does Altera pay?
The median pay is $183K, with a typical range of $175K–$229K, based on 49 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Altera?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Director, Chief of Staff: Hardware Engineering, at $232K–$341K base.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 49 public Altera job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 19, 2026.

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