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PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER LEAD
PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER LEAD H1B Salary Data
FY2017 – FY2025 • 4 employers • Official DOL Data
$176K
Median Salary
13
Total Filings
$156K–$210K
Middle 50%
4
Employers
P10: $156K
P25: $156K
Median: $176K
P75: $210K
P90: $210K
Top Paying Companies
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
$237K
1 filings
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
$210K
6 filings
CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INC.
$156K
5 filings
OSLO SOLUTIONS LLC
$138K
1 filings
Top Cities
Redmond, WA
$115K
50,738 filings
Bellevue, WA
$114K
8,856 filings
Redmond, WASHINGTON
$120K
3,279 filings
Mountain View, CA
$149K
3,113 filings
Atlanta, GA
$117K
2,174 filings
Cambridge, MA
$125K
1,951 filings
Irving, TX
$120K
1,413 filings
Sunnyvale, CA
$156K
1,358 filings
PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER LEAD Salary Trend by Year
FY2017
$138K
1 filings
FY2018
$190K
1 filings
FY2021
$176K
1 filings
FY2023
$159K
9 filings
FY2025
$237K
1 filings
PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER LEAD H1B Salary 2025 — Median $176K, 13 Records | H1B Data | H1BData.us
Issaquah, WA
$106K
1,142 filings
New York, NY
$141K
994 filings