Principal Firmware Engineer, H-1B salary
What 64 H-1B filings report for “Principal Firmware Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Principal Firmware Engineer?
$182k median H-1B base salary for a Principal Firmware Engineer, typically $130k to $225k, across 64 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California46$184k+$2k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $182kfor 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 Firmware Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Principal Firmware Engineer roles are Micron, Astera Labs, Itron, and onsemi, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Principal Firmware Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Micron25 filings$199k
- 2Astera Labs7 filings$218k
- 3Itron4 filings$133k
- 4onsemi3 filings$143k
- 5Nalu Medical2 filings$140k
- 6Schneider Electric2 filings$108k
- 7August Home1 filings$150k
- 8Automatic Labs1 filings$150k
- 9Arm1 filings$155k
- 10Cadence1 filings$105k
- 11Cypress Semiconductor1 filings$171k
- 12Digicomm Semiconductor Inc.1 filings$185k
- 13Delart Technology Services1 filings$183k
- 14Energous1 filings$165k
- 15Fellow Industries1 filings$210k
- 16Kioxia1 filings$158k
- 17Logitech1 filings$193k
- 18Medtronic1 filings$135k
- 19NXP Semiconductors1 filings$118k
- 20Natron Energy1 filings$185k
- 21Proteus Digital Health1 filings$182k
- 22SiMa Technologies1 filings$185k
- 23SimpliSafe1 filings$225k
- 24Starkey Laboratories1 filings$162k
- 25Totemic Labs, Inc.1 filings$165k
- 26Tile1 filings$193k
- 27ST Engineering iDirect1 filings$128k
Related titles in this family
77 filings carry “Principal Firmware Engineer” in the title, across 3 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Principal Firmware Engineer11 filings$220k
- 2Sr Principal Firmware Engineer2 filings$156k
Figures are for the exact title “Principal Firmware 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.