Does NVIDIA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, NVIDIA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at NVIDIA. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at NVIDIA?

90% of NVIDIA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated NVIDIA 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at NVIDIA?

Software Engineer (453) , Senior Software Engineer (291) , Systems Software Engineer (149) , Intern (131) , ASIC Engineer (122) , Process Executive (114) , Senior Systems Software Engineer (93) , Hardware Engineer (85) , Senior Hardware Engineer (69) , Senior ASIC Design Engineer (60) , Senior Engineer (60) , Engineer (59) , System Software Engineer (59) , Senior ASIC Engineer (58) , Verification Engineer (48)

What are the pros of working at NVIDIA according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture around designing the highest performance products based on what can be done verses what is "good enough"." ((in 538 reviews)); "People are great and friendly." ((in 434 reviews)); "Pay and work life balance is good" ((in 335 reviews)); "good benefits and very considerate" ((in 318 reviews)); "good work culture and policies" ((in 294 reviews))

What are the cons of working at NVIDIA according to real employee reviews?

"Bad manager he was mean!" ((in 119 reviews)); "Sometimes you have to work long hours and not very well compensated." ((in 63 reviews)); "Sometimes work life balance can feel tipping to the work side a little too often but there is the option of flexible working." ((in 40 reviews)); "Incompetent middle management" ((in 14 reviews)); "No room for growth due to favoritism of certain employees" ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about NVIDIA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about NVIDIA layoffs and their outlook for job security at NVIDIA in 2026.

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4.4

90% would recommend to a friend

(5,484 total reviews)

Jensen Huang

98% approve of CEO

91% positive business outlook

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4.4

Culture & values

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Compensation and benefits

4.3

Career opportunities

4.2

Senior management

4.0

Work/Life balance

NVIDIA has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,484 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The NVIDIA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0

Jan 10, 2012

Adequate

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Recommend

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Pros

Exciting technical opportunities for ic designers. Santa Clara has great weather. Very capable mid level managers. Great respect for ic designers.

Cons

Lack of respect for anyone not designing ics. Many benefits are geared to maximize benefit to executives. Low pay for the field and location.

2.0

Sep 21, 2011

Layoff people when they change business strategy

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Chance to learn about cutting edge technology Exposure to games/graphics industry Work Life balance Friendly colleagues with few politics CEO always share new ideas and company strategies

Cons

Weak Middle Management, Manager don't even fight for promotion or recruitment. Bad place to start off your career, have to learn things yourself, not much guidance involved. High learning curve Company fire people or choose not to hire people if they change business strategy

3.0

Sep 18, 2011

Great products but long work hours with less compensations.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Products are exciting and feel proud to be part of. Colleagues with good knowledge and attitude to share/help when needed. Lot of community work effort that could be participated in.

Cons

Long hours, too many emails and meetings are discouraging. Less Compensations and are not upto industry standards. No bonuses,No profit sharing, No 401K.

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