Principal Software Dev Engineer, H-1B salary
What 52 H-1B filings report for “Principal Software Dev Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Principal Software Dev Engineer?
$180k median H-1B base salary for a Principal Software Dev Engineer, typically $151k to $204k, across 52 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
- 1California43$180ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $180kfor 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 Software Dev Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Principal Software Dev Engineer roles are Yahoo and Amazon, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Principal Software Dev Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
Related titles in this family
71 filings carry “Principal Software Dev Engineer” in the title, across 8 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Sr Principal Software Dev Engineer11 filings$171k
- 2Principal Software Dev Engineer, Systems2 filings$177k
- 3Senior Principal Software Dev Engineer2 filings$213k
- 4Principal Software Dev Engineer (5506971)1 filings$204k
- 5Principal Software Dev. Engineer (Sw Engineer) (20637.238)1 filings$199k
- 6Principal, Software Dev. Engineering in Test (20637.3091.2)1 filings$170k
- 7Sr Principal Software Dev Engineer - Distributed Systems1 filings$323k
Figures are for the exact title “Principal Software Dev 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.