Principal, H-1B salary
What 1,089 H-1B filings report for “Principal” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Principal?
$225k median H-1B base salary for a Principal, typically $125k to $355k, across 1,089 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in District of Columbia at $253k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1District of Columbia23$253k+$28k
- 2New Jersey40$241k+$16k
- 3New York376$230k+$5k
- 4Massachusetts64$228k+$3k
- 5California241$225ksame
- 6Illinois82$225ksame
- 7Texas79$210k−$15k
- 8Washington35$210k−$15k
- 9Georgia20$170k−$55k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $225kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Principal?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Principal roles are BCG, KKR, A.T. Kearney, PwC, and Deloitte, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Principal filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1BCG129 filings$253k
- 2KKR100 filings$223k
- 3A.T. Kearney53 filings$245k
- 4PwC48 filings$529k
- 5Deloitte45 filings$300k
- 6Slalom35 filings$170k
- 7Oliver Wyman33 filings$235k
- 8Apollo Global Management30 filings$300k
- 9LatentView Analytics22 filings$132k
- 10Centerview Partners19 filings$175k
- 11Rocky Mountain Institute18 filings$140k
- 12KPMG13 filings$500k
- 13ZS Associates11 filings$340k
- 14IBM10 filings$133k
- 15TransUnion8 filings$157k
- 16Altman Solon US, LP7 filings$240k
- 17Clarity Solution Group7 filings$160k
- 18Roland Berger7 filings$270k
- 19G. H. Smart & Company7 filings$140k
- 20Grimshaw Architects6 filings$155k
- 21MathCo6 filings$200k
- 22Silver Lake6 filings$238k
- 23Neuberger Berman5 filings$300k
- 24NewView Capital Management5 filings$325k
- 25Owl Ventures5 filings$210k
- 26Korn Ferry5 filings$101k
- 27Redwood City School District5 filings$140k
- 28Westernacher & Partner Consulting5 filings$155k
- 29Cornerstone Research5 filings$215k
- 30Novaquest Capital Management5 filings$110k
- 31Bristlecone5 filings$113k
- 3210T Holdings4 filings$175k
- 33Delta Partners4 filings$240k
- 34Hawk Hill Management Company4 filings$263k
- 35Hellman & Friedman4 filings$225k
- 36Lewis & Clark Equity Partners4 filings$208k
- 37PJT Partners4 filings$278k
- 38Promontory Financial Group4 filings$143k
- 39Pharmaceutical Research Associates4 filings$157k
- 40Sumter County School System4 filings$85k
- 41Carlyle Group4 filings$300k
- 42Fractal Analytics4 filings$88k
- 43Insight Venture Management4 filings$375k
- 44Searchlight Capital4 filings$263k
- 45Apexon4 filings$225k
- 46Third Point4 filings$250k
- 47Translink Capital4 filings$196k
- 48Arthur D. Little4 filings$253k
- 49Bain & Company4 filings$230k
- 50Blackstone4 filings$238k
Related titles in this family
84,254 filings carry “Principal” in the title, across 12,737 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Principal Software Engineer7,995 filings$153k
- 2Principal Consultant3,909 filings$113k
- 3Principal Engineer2,832 filings$150k
- 4Principal Software Engineer/Developer2,392 filings$117k
- 5Principal Consultant - Us2,276 filings$125k
- 6Senior Principal Consultant1,711 filings$121k
- 7Principal Product Manager1,041 filings$193k
- 8Principal Software Development Engineer984 filings$190k
- 9Principal Data Engineer941 filings$141k
- 10Principal Architect903 filings$150k
- 11Principal Full Stack Engineer724 filings$132k
- 12Software Principal Engineer708 filings$150k
Figures are for the exact title “Principal”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.