H-1B Salary Lookup

Principal Systems/Software Engineer H-1B Salary by Company

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

$223,142Median salary
$166,00425th percentile
$223,14275th percentile
27Filings

Top-paying companies for Principal Systems/Software Engineer

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company27$223,142$166,004 – $223,142

Companies filing the most Principal Systems/Software Engineer H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company27$223,142$166,004 – $223,142

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Sunnyvale, CA15$223,142
San Jose, CA4$234,108
Spring, TX2$152,000
Poughkeepsie, NY1$168,459
Eden Prairie, MN1$145,018
Tracy, CA1$112,050
Durham, NC1$161,741
New Hill, NC1$157,248
Austin, TX1$163,550

Wage levels

Level I0% · 0
Level II0% · 0
Level III12% · 3
Level IV88% · 21

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