Principal Product Engineer, H-1B salary
What 143 H-1B filings report for “Principal Product Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Principal Product Engineer?
$141k median H-1B base salary for a Principal Product Engineer, typically $104k to $173k, across 143 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
- 1California87$152k+$11k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $141kfor 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 Product Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Principal Product Engineer roles are Cadence, Medtronic, onsemi, and ZF Group, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Principal Product Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Cadence74 filings$150k
- 2Medtronic18 filings$120k
- 3onsemi11 filings$147k
- 4ZF Group6 filings$99k
- 5BCS Automotive Interface Solutions4 filings$99k
- 6Esri4 filings$146k
- 7Astera Labs3 filings$185k
- 8Cypress Semiconductor3 filings$155k
- 9Ampere Computing2 filings$215k
- 10Etelic2 filings$80k
- 11Anokiwave1 filings$135k
- 12Becton Dickinson1 filings$129k
- 13Comerica1 filings$190k
- 14Exponential Interactive1 filings$131k
- 15FormFactor1 filings$139k
- 16Green Dot1 filings$167k
- 17Harman International1 filings$127k
- 18MSR Technology Group1 filings$99k
- 19Lumentum1 filings$141k
- 20Locus Technologies1 filings$77k
- 21MaxLinear1 filings$152k
- 22Microchip Technology1 filings$86k
- 23NXP Semiconductors1 filings$135k
- 24Yahoo1 filings$181k
- 25Siemens1 filings$174k
- 26York International1 filings$89k
Related titles in this family
242 filings carry “Principal Product Engineer” in the title, across 19 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Sr. Principal Product Engineer49 filings$155k
- 2Principal Product Engineer - Software13 filings$103k
- 3Senior Principal Product Engineer8 filings$154k
- 4Avp, Principal Product Engineer5 filings$140k
- 5Principal Product Engineer- Mechanical4 filings$94k
- 6Nve Principal Product Engineer3 filings$140k
- 7Associate Principal - Product Engineering2 filings$139k
- 8Principal, Product Engineer (Design)2 filings$188k
- 9Principal Product Engineer, Infusion Disposables2 filings$123k
- 10Principal Product Engineer - Quality2 filings$110k
- 11Senior Principal Product Engineer - Full Stack2 filings$122k
- 12Principal Product Engineer 1056.134.11 filings$149k
Figures are for the exact title “Principal Product 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.