H-1B Salary Lookup

Principal Software Engineer IT H-1B Salary by Company

27 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Principal Software Engineer IT" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Software Developers, Computer Systems Analysts.

$147,595Median salary
$138,00225th percentile
$154,41175th percentile
27Filings

Top-paying companies for Principal Software Engineer IT

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Dell USA23$147,900$138,002 – $158,338

Companies filing the most Principal Software Engineer IT H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Dell USA23$147,900$138,002 – $158,338
Dell Marketing2$145,992$144,987 – $146,996
Emc2$140,592$138,734 – $142,449

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Round Rock, TX15$147,237
Hopkinton, MA3$147,595
Roanoke, TX1$129,218
Durham, NC1$150,118
Santa Clara, CA1$201,053
South Lyon, MI1$161,136
Austin, TX1$133,900
Cumming, GA1$159,200
West Chester, PA1$143,983
Mint Hill, NC1$142,045
Katy, TX1$150,173

Wage levels

Level I0% · 0
Level II0% · 0
Level III5% · 1
Level IV95% · 21

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