Sr Principal Application Engineer, H-1B salary
What 78 H-1B filings report for “Sr Principal Application Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Sr Principal Application Engineer?
$158k median H-1B base salary for a Sr Principal Application Engineer, typically $128k to $191k, across 78 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2019 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California53$169k+$11k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $158kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Cadence78 filings$158k
Related titles in this family
81 filings carry “Sr Principal Application Engineer” in the title, across 4 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Sr. Principal Application Engineer, Customer Engagement1 filings$188k
- 2Sr Principal Application Engineer, Customer Service Digital1 filings$150k
- 3Sr. Principal Application Engineer (Managerial)1 filings$179k
Figures are for the exact title “Sr Principal Application 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.