Principal Software Engineer H-1B Salary by Company

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

$170,000Median salary

$150,08025th percentile

$202,43475th percentile

929Filings

Top-paying companies for Principal Software Engineer

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

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Roblox	18	$336,930	$322,170 – $343,348
Elasticsearch	3	$290,000	$283,548 – $294,500
Nvidia	6	$272,000	$266,386 – $272,000
Intuit	14	$265,401	$254,973 – $265,401
ServiceNow	4	$264,514	$254,925 – $267,704
Twilio	3	$264,514	$225,670 – $266,288
Cisco Systems	6	$247,957	$231,400 – $264,514
Atlassian US	10	$235,000	$230,000 – $250,000
Nike	6	$222,844	$215,004 – $230,624
Akamai Technologies	6	$219,840	$204,575 – $224,748
Zuora	3	$219,703	$214,042 – $229,089
Okta	3	$213,512	$185,255 – $239,013
Workday	4	$212,250	$205,500 – $217,700
Qualcomm Technologies	5	$212,202	$192,600 – $229,213
Siemens	3	$212,202	$206,101 – $213,101
Itron	4	$205,466	$201,282 – $207,530
First Citizens Bank and Trust Co.	3	$201,951	$193,769 – $207,732
Asurion	4	$201,172	$195,402 – $204,510
Cimpress USA	3	$200,000	$190,000 – $202,500
Palo Alto Networks	30	$198,142	$178,991 – $216,258
Walgreen Co.	3	$193,000	$191,742 – $198,750
Scope Infotech	3	$190,694	$166,417 – $190,694
iManage	3	$190,500	$180,250 – $190,750
Cardlytics	3	$190,000	$187,500 – $193,000
Red Hat	9	$189,482	$180,030 – $230,000

Companies filing the most Principal Software Engineer H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Wal-Mart Associates	96	$176,038	$150,080 – $185,587
Palo Alto Networks	30	$198,142	$178,991 – $216,258
Cadence Design Systems	22	$154,309	$153,493 – $163,080
Fidelity Technology Group	21	$129,055	$129,042 – $136,257
Roblox	18	$336,930	$322,170 – $343,348
Citizens Financial Group	17	$154,669	$147,680 – $156,998
Mastercard Technologies	17	$165,000	$165,000 – $165,000
The MathWorks	17	$178,131	$178,131 – $178,131
Intuit	14	$265,401	$254,973 – $265,401
Cbre	11	$159,135	$145,032 – $167,278
Charter Communications	11	$161,886	$142,080 – $164,112
Atlassian US	10	$235,000	$230,000 – $250,000
Gen Digital	10	$177,324	$160,380 – $185,927
Red Hat	9	$189,482	$180,030 – $230,000
Autodesk	8	$173,426	$158,100 – $185,378

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
Sunnyvale, CA	55	$153,301
Santa Clara, CA	54	$213,418
San Jose, CA	35	$205,466
Bentonville, AR	30	$177,077
Natick, MA	21	$178,131
San Mateo, CA	21	$328,610
Mountain View, CA	20	$264,958
Westlake, TX	19	$129,055
San Francisco, CA	17	$226,138
Austin, TX	17	$163,550
Charlotte, NC	16	$154,669
Atlanta, GA	14	$165,196
Bellevue, WA	14	$238,200
Richardson, TX	13	$159,135
Waltham, MA	12	$156,088

Wage levels

Level I1% · 6

Level II10% · 73

Level III24% · 173

Level IV66% · 481

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