Does NVIDIA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, NVIDIA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 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?

91% 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 (455) , 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 523 reviews)); "People are great and friendly." ((in 447 reviews)); "Good work life balance and grow ing" ((in 331 reviews)); "good benefits and very considerate" ((in 325 reviews)); "good work culture and policies" ((in 314 reviews))

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

"Bad manager he was mean!" ((in 120 reviews)); "Sometimes you have to work long hours and not very well compensated." ((in 60 reviews)); "Sometimes work life balance can be hard to maintain" ((in 38 reviews)); "Incompetent middle management" ((in 15 reviews)); "No room for growth due to favoritism of certain employees" ((in 12 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.

NVIDIA reviews

4.5

91% would recommend to a friend

(5,494 total reviews)

Jensen Huang

98% approve of CEO

91% positive business outlook

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NVIDIA has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,494 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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4.0

Sep 23, 2013

Good Pay but more pressure but good work

Senior technical leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

excellent pay but life balance is not there

Cons

High pressure and more working hours. Answerable to all the levels in the managers.

5.0

Sep 22, 2013

Challenging and dynamic environment, lots of opportunities of growth

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging and dynamic environment, lots of opportunities of growth, great pay, good benefits. Feels like a startup

Cons

The work/life balance is a bit lacking, as I said before it feels a bit like a startup in a lot of the way it works internally.

3.0

Sep 21, 2013

Decent company that was once awesome.

Engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good people if you're in the right group Work/Life flexibility Freedom to guide/drive projects Mostly comfortable environment

Cons

New hire talent has been in decline CEO has too many 'yes men' around him Perks have been watered down Company politics

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