H-1B Salary Lookup

Senior Principal Software Engineer H-1B Salary by Company

121 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Senior Principal Software Engineer" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Software Developers, Information Technology Project Managers, Computer and Information Systems Managers.

$173,872Median salary
$144,66825th percentile
$202,50075th percentile
121Filings

Top-paying companies for Senior Principal Software Engineer

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Red Hat4$272,738$249,621 – $274,466
Gen Digital6$221,422$204,635 – $238,510
O’Reilly Technology Services3$195,000$192,500 – $195,000
Cadence Design Systems18$180,710$163,550 – $187,069
Cbre6$178,912$172,444 – $190,938
NB Ventures4$172,500$161,500 – $179,250
Medtronic3$145,018$145,018 – $164,788
Manhattan Associates18$135,045$135,045 – $140,076
Saama Technologies10$130,000$118,250 – $145,685
Innova Solutions3$112,923$111,560 – $118,862

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Cadence Design Systems18$180,710$163,550 – $187,069
Manhattan Associates18$135,045$135,045 – $140,076
Saama Technologies10$130,000$118,250 – $145,685
Cbre6$178,912$172,444 – $190,938
Gen Digital6$221,422$204,635 – $238,510
NB Ventures4$172,500$161,500 – $179,250
Red Hat4$272,738$249,621 – $274,466
Innova Solutions3$112,923$111,560 – $118,862
Medtronic3$145,018$145,018 – $164,788
O’Reilly Technology Services3$195,000$192,500 – $195,000
Atlassian US2$275,000$272,500 – $277,500
Autodesk2$213,512$213,512 – $213,512
Cornerstone OnDemand2$160,168$159,434 – $160,903
Palo Alto Networks2$241,086$233,612 – $248,559
Quicken2$213,512$213,512 – $213,512

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Atlanta, GA19$135,045
San Jose, CA16$187,741
Richardson, TX5$185,149
Austin, TX5$149,247
Mountain View, CA4$233,774
San Francisco, CA4$219,825
Boston, MA4$272,738
Seattle, WA3$296,000
Clark, NJ3$178,000
Jersey City, NJ3$130,000
Burlington, MA3$178,131
Mounds View, MN2$145,018
Santa Clara, CA2$241,086
South San Francisco, CA2$138,350
Cumming, GA2$181,760

Wage levels

Level I0% · 0
Level II10% · 10
Level III23% · 23
Level IV67% · 66

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