H-1B Salary Lookup

Software Principal Engineer H-1B Salary by Company

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

$184,926Median salary
$174,83025th percentile
$200,64075th percentile
64Filings

Top-paying companies for Software Principal Engineer

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Emc25$198,675$183,314 – $210,000
Dell Products19$189,299$183,314 – $198,440
Boomi11$174,965$162,424 – $185,651

Companies filing the most Software Principal Engineer H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Emc25$198,675$183,314 – $210,000
Dell Products19$189,299$183,314 – $198,440
Boomi11$174,965$162,424 – $185,651
CalSoft Private2$152,500$146,250 – $158,750
Dell USA2$169,344$165,526 – $173,161
Archer Technologies1$137,816$137,816 – $137,816
City National Bank1$112,923$112,923 – $112,923
Sophos1$164,865$164,865 – $164,865
USA Waste-Management Resources1$149,718$149,718 – $149,718
Zimmer1$150,000$150,000 – $150,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Round Rock, TX18$184,084
Hopkinton, MA10$189,365
Conshohocken, PA8$168,666
Seattle, WA4$215,170
Austin, TX4$200,618
Hillsboro, OR2$152,500
Charlotte, NC2$174,418
Santa Clara, CA2$222,406
Durham, NC2$191,847
Mckinney, TX2$206,802
San Francisco, CA1$190,093
Naperville, IL1$181,209
Chicago, IL1$194,616
Cypress, TX1$150,000
Seffner Fl 33584, FL1$187,175

Wage levels

Level I0% · 0
Level II2% · 1
Level III16% · 10
Level IV83% · 52

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