Principal Engineer H-1B Salary by Company

431 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Principal Engineer" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Software Developers, Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, Electrical Engineers.

$170,000Median salary

$153,67925th percentile

$212,18975th percentile

431Filings

Top-paying companies for Principal Engineer

Employers with at least 3 filings for this title, ranked by median offered salary.

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Atlassian US	8	$250,000	$245,725 – $272,500
Samsung Austin Semiconductor	3	$243,200	$243,200 – $292,389
Intel	4	$225,868	$216,278 – $245,394
F5	4	$225,548	$199,490 – $250,000
Cisco Systems	4	$225,000	$220,900 – $230,687
Macy's Systems and Technology	4	$224,700	$223,300 – $228,525
Upscale AI	7	$220,000	$220,000 – $220,000
MediaTek USA	6	$218,500	$211,750 – $227,500
Palo Alto Networks	7	$212,867	$205,504 – $216,258
Micron Technology	3	$210,000	$205,766 – $224,194
Ice Mortgage Technology	9	$206,400	$166,400 – $213,600
Tenstorrent USA	5	$202,030	$198,598 – $216,091
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA)	16	$186,342	$179,872 – $194,173
SambaNova Systems	6	$186,000	$182,220 – $196,750
Autodesk	6	$180,596	$170,904 – $187,574
CommVault Systems	13	$176,700	$147,500 – $214,600
Infineon Technologies Americas	9	$175,000	$170,000 – $188,000
Western Alliance Bank	4	$164,457	$157,127 – $183,547
TSMC Arizona	3	$163,277	$156,606 – $164,428
NextEra Energy Resources	3	$163,000	$157,710 – $163,750
Target Enterprise	3	$163,000	$163,000 – $194,579
Arm	17	$161,179	$161,179 – $176,134
TSMC Technology	13	$161,179	$158,621 – $178,651
Charter Communications	38	$159,723	$140,613 – $164,112
Wells Fargo Bank	28	$159,000	$159,000 – $191,000

Companies filing the most Principal Engineer H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Charter Communications	38	$159,723	$140,613 – $164,112
Wells Fargo Bank	28	$159,000	$159,000 – $191,000
Arm	17	$161,179	$161,179 – $176,134
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA)	16	$186,342	$179,872 – $194,173
CommVault Systems	13	$176,700	$147,500 – $214,600
TSMC Technology	13	$161,179	$158,621 – $178,651
Ice Mortgage Technology	9	$206,400	$166,400 – $213,600
Infineon Technologies Americas	9	$175,000	$170,000 – $188,000
Atlassian US	8	$250,000	$245,725 – $272,500
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	7	$149,760	$143,790 – $158,174
Palo Alto Networks	7	$212,867	$205,504 – $216,258
Upscale AI	7	$220,000	$220,000 – $220,000
Autodesk	6	$180,596	$170,904 – $187,574
MediaTek USA	6	$218,500	$211,750 – $227,500
SambaNova Systems	6	$186,000	$182,220 – $196,750

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
San Jose, CA	45	$199,102
Greenwood Village, CO	24	$160,440
Santa Clara, CA	23	$220,000
Plano, TX	21	$180,349
Austin, TX	19	$161,179
San Francisco, CA	14	$206,636
Tinton Falls, NJ	12	$175,050
Charlotte, NC	11	$159,000
San Diego, CA	10	$178,067
Seattle, WA	9	$212,202
Englewood, CO	8	$164,112
Sunnyvale, CA	7	$226,158
Pleasanton, CA	7	$213,600
New York, NY	6	$211,594
Juno Beach, FL	6	$163,750

Wage levels

Level I1% · 3

Level II11% · 44

Level III15% · 57

Level IV74% · 289

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).