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PRINCIPAL ENGINEER- SOFTWARE
PRINCIPAL ENGINEER- SOFTWARE H1B Salary Data
FY2015 – FY2025 • 48 employers • Official DOL Data
$160K
Median Salary
495
Total Filings
$133K–$185K
Middle 50%
48
Employers
P10: $114K
P25: $133K
Median: $160K
P75: $185K
P90: $210K
Top Paying Companies
NVIDIA CORPORATION
$251K
1 filings
EMBEDUR SYSTEMS, INC.
$235K
1 filings
PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.
$209K
122 filings
F5, INC.
$201K
3 filings
AXIADO CORPORATION
$200K
1 filings
EMPOWER RETIREMENT, LLC
$197K
1 filings
BEACHBODY, LLC
$191K
1 filings
BENEFITFOCUS.COM, INC.
$180K
3 filings
MATTEL HQ, INC.
$175K
3 filings
NOKIA USA INC.
$175K
1 filings
Top Cities
Santa Clara,, CA
$167K
8,394 filings
Sunnyvale, CA
$143K
2,828 filings
Bellevue, WA
$155K
2,413 filings
Englewood,, CO
$94K
1,182 filings
Germantown, MD
$154K
1,178 filings
San Jose, CA
$145K
1,137 filings
Atlanta, GA
$111K
868 filings
Farmington Hills, MI
$104K
839 filings
PRINCIPAL ENGINEER- SOFTWARE Salary Trend by Year
FY2015
$112K
5 filings
FY2016
$109K
12 filings
FY2017
$115K
7 filings
FY2018
$126K
24 filings
FY2019
$135K
30 filings
FY2020
$150K
29 filings
FY2021
Chandler, AZ
$122K
815 filings
Austin, TX
$130K
689 filings
$155K
74 filings
FY2022
$158K
70 filings
FY2023
$164K
77 filings
FY2024
$175K
71 filings
FY2025
$201K
96 filings
PRINCIPAL ENGINEER- SOFTWARE H1B Salary 2025 — Median $160K, 495 Records | H1B Data | H1BData.us