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 (290) , 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 519 reviews)); "People are great and friendly." ((in 448 reviews)); "Good work life balance and grow ing" ((in 333 reviews)); "good benefits and very considerate" ((in 318 reviews)); "good work culture and policies" ((in 298 reviews))

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

"Bad manager he was mean!" ((in 119 reviews)); "Sometimes work life balance can be hard to maintain" ((in 40 reviews)); "Incompetent middle management" ((in 15 reviews)); "Favoritism is big time." ((in 12 reviews)); "Lack of diversity" ((in 9 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

(5,482 total reviews)

Jensen Huang

98% approve of CEO

91% positive business outlook

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4.4

Culture & values

4.4

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4.4

Compensation and benefits

4.3

Career opportunities

4.2

Senior management

4.0

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NVIDIA has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,482 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0

Dec 14, 2018

Good place to work - but don't join a mismanaged/dead team

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

* Impossible to get fired * Cutting edge technologies * Lots of time to learn (mostly in your free time)

Cons

* Low raises across the company * No real emphasis on work life balance or vacation (team dependant) * Many toxic teams * Many poor managers

4.0

Jan 31, 2018

Great learning curve

Lead dft engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Quality work in DFT. Management is Decent. Medical/401k/HSA are good.

Cons

Bad work life balance. There is big imbalance of salary between hardware and software folks with in NVIDIA. Which is not right as NVIDIA core value is hardware

5.0

Oct 24, 2017

Good company, decent benefits, flexible work schedule, challenging work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Usually, the work is challenging and results in a good satisfaction of work - Flexible work schedule is a good benefit to have - Compensition is very competitive - If you are a good performer, then growth opportunity is very possible

Cons

- Sometimes feels very silo’d into individual organizations - 401(k) match is not in-par with other Bay Area companies (matches a flat $ rather than a % match)

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