Principal Technical Support Engineer, H-1B salary
What 176 H-1B filings report for “Principal Technical Support Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Principal Technical Support Engineer?
$138k median H-1B base salary for a Principal Technical Support Engineer, typically $107k to $169k, across 176 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $147k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California70$147k+$9k
- 2Texas40$129k−$9k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $138kfor 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 Technical Support Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Principal Technical Support Engineer roles are Salesforce, Informatica, Pegasystems, Ruckus Wireless, and NetScout Systems, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Principal Technical Support Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Salesforce88 filings$150k
- 2Informatica39 filings$120k
- 3Pegasystems5 filings$138k
- 4Ruckus Wireless5 filings$113k
- 5NetScout Systems4 filings$120k
- 6Software AG3 filings$134k
- 7Arris3 filings$122k
- 8Juniper Networks3 filings$186k
- 9NICE3 filings$109k
- 10Red Hat3 filings$142k
- 11Fortra2 filings$86k
- 12SumTotal Systems2 filings$87k
- 13Synchronoss2 filings$125k
- 14ASM1 filings$159k
- 15Aspen Technology1 filings$110k
- 16Cloudian1 filings$166k
- 17Dataguise1 filings$138k
- 18Hortonworks1 filings$140k
- 19Omnicell1 filings$95k
- 20PTC1 filings$91k
- 21Palo Alto Networks1 filings$155k
- 22Redis1 filings$197k
- 23Sourcecode1 filings$116k
- 24Symantec1 filings$102k
- 25TTEC1 filings$135k
- 26Tekhub1 filings$93k
- 27Veritas Technologies1 filings$123k
Related titles in this family
195 filings carry “Principal Technical Support Engineer” in the title, across 7 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Sr. Principal Technical Support Engineer9 filings$164k
- 2Senior Principal Technical Support Engineer5 filings$139k
- 3Principal Technical Support Engineer I2 filings$128k
- 4Principal Technical Support Engineer, Cloud1 filings$100k
- 5Principal Technical Support Engineer (Escalation Engineer)1 filings$125k
- 6Principal Technical Support Engineer - Mobile, Security & En1 filings$115k
Figures are for the exact title “Principal Technical Support 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.