Banks pay HW engineers a lot. I know a dude at JPMC (nyc) who is clearing 450k doing HW (dc/priv cloud) design. I wouldn't be surprised if folks at somewhere like two sigma make around the same.
Many of your recent comments are asking for clarification of acronyms. While I sympathize with the desire to understand, it would be good practice to take a stab at it yourself (my preferred search engine is a common starting point for me—they're remarkably good at narrowing in on an answer given the acronym and some context); and ask for confirmation or clarification if it's still necessary.