Principal Cloud Engineer, H-1B salary
What 239 H-1B filings report for “Principal Cloud Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Principal Cloud Engineer?
$139k median H-1B base salary for a Principal Cloud Engineer, typically $113k to $175k, across 239 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2018 to FY2026). Highest in North Carolina at $133k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1North Carolina80$133k−$6k
- 2Texas73$128k−$11k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $139kfor 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 Cloud Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Principal Cloud Engineer roles are Fidelity, Citizens Financial Group, and CVS Health, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Principal Cloud Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Fidelity156 filings$132k
- 2Citizens Financial Group9 filings$140k
- 3CVS Health5 filings$192k
- 4Click Sales3 filings$166k
- 5Dow Jones3 filings$170k
- 6Hewlett Packard Enterprise3 filings$226k
- 7Unisys3 filings$158k
- 8Five Below3 filings$185k
- 9Ruckus Wireless3 filings$168k
- 10Zynga3 filings$139k
- 11Ally Financial2 filings$140k
- 12The Hartford2 filings$170k
- 13Matson Navigation Company2 filings$160k
- 14Providence2 filings$122k
- 15Rise Companies2 filings$175k
- 16SVB Financial Group2 filings$143k
- 17Veridic Solutions2 filings$92k
- 18Workday2 filings$195k
- 19Assurant2 filings$157k
- 20B.S.D Capital2 filings$201k
- 21MetLife2 filings$159k
- 22Total Wine & More2 filings$165k
- 23MathWorks2 filings$134k
- 24Blue Sparq1 filings$120k
- 25Brooks Automation1 filings$151k
- 26Cloud Software Group1 filings$170k
- 27Cloudwerx1 filings$130k
- 28Eliassen Group1 filings$150k
- 29Fund California1 filings$190k
- 30Gainwell Technologies1 filings$158k
- 31Gartner1 filings$158k
- 32Invesco1 filings$154k
- 33UKG1 filings$124k
- 34Liberty Mutual1 filings$129k
- 35Lantheus Medical Imaging1 filings$185k
- 36Majesco1 filings$184k
- 37Optum1 filings$160k
- 38P97 Networks1 filings$185k
- 39Randstad1 filings$200k
- 40Smart Works1 filings$130k
- 41Solunus1 filings$106k
- 42Techmetro1 filings$87k
- 43Toast1 filings$250k
- 44U.S. Bank NA1 filings$205k
- 45World Kinect1 filings$150k
Related titles in this family
292 filings carry “Principal Cloud Engineer” in the title, across 18 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Associate Principal, Cloud Engineering24 filings$139k
- 2Lead Associate Principal, Cloud Engineering5 filings$157k
- 3Principal, Cloud Engineering5 filings$167k
- 4Senior Principal Cloud Engineer4 filings$175k
- 5Principal Cloud Engineer-Data2 filings$148k
- 6Principal Cloud Engineer V2 filings$190k
- 7Associate Principal Cloud Engineer1 filings$105k
- 8Avp, Senior Principal Cloud Engineer1 filings$189k
- 9Avp, Sr. Principal Cloud Engineer1 filings$179k
- 10Principal Cloud Engineer (00064502)1 filings$165k
- 11Principal Cloud Engineer - Cloud Platform Services1 filings$187k
- 12Principal Cloud Engineer Core1 filings$200k
Figures are for the exact title “Principal Cloud Engineer”; 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.