Principal Engineer salaries
15,661 H-1B & PERM records for "Principal Engineer", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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$142999
Average Salary
$48485
Minimum
$900000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | Aug 9, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | Aug 2, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | Aug 1, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | Jun 3, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | Jun 25, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | Jun 3, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | Jun 27, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | Jun 14, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | May 28, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | Aug 9, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software - Cloud [RL] | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | Jul 30, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208632 - $233200 | H-1B | Jul 11, 2024 |
| Intel Corporation | Principal Engineer | Hillsboro, OR | $208603 - $288710 | H-1B | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Principal Engineer | Boxborough, MA | $208600 - $330000 | H-1B | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208441 - $233200 | H-1B | Feb 8, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208441 - $233200 | H-1B | Feb 15, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208441 - $233200 | H-1B | Mar 1, 2024 |
| EMC Corporation | Software Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $208436 | H-1B | May 16, 2025 |
| Sephora USA, Inc. | Principal Engineer, MCS | San Francisco, CA | $208296 - $242400 | H-1B | Apr 9, 2024 |
| FIA Technology Services, LLC | Principal Engineer | New York, NY | $208189 | H-1B | Sep 26, 2025 |
| PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | Principal Engineer, ASIC Design | Santa Clara, CA | $208146 | Green Card | Mar 11, 2022 |
| SiFive, Inc. | Principal Engineer, Power Management | San Mateo, CA | $208146 - $270000 | H-1B | Jan 28, 2022 |
| TECTUS CORPORATION | Principal Engineer | Saratoga, CA | $208146 - $225000 | H-1B | Jul 21, 2021 |
| Dell USA L.P. | Senior Principal Engineer, Solutions Architecture | Little Elm, TX | $208044 | H-1B | Nov 5, 2024 |
| InstaSecure Inc | Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $208000 | H-1B | Feb 21, 2025 |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | Principal Engineer - Firmware NVME | San Jose, CA | $208000 - $312000 | H-1B | Apr 19, 2023 |
| PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $208000 | Green Card | Jun 29, 2022 |
| Simple Energy Electric LLC | Principal Engineer | Irvine, CA | $208000 - $210000 | H-1B | May 19, 2023 |
| Aryaka Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer | San Mateo, CA | $208000 | H-1B | Oct 6, 2022 |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | Principal Engineer - Firmware NVME | San Jose, CA | $208000 - $312000 | H-1B | Feb 10, 2023 |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | Principal Engineer - Firmware NVME | San Jose, CA | $208000 - $312000 | H-1B1 | May 1, 2023 |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | Principal Engineer, Firmware | San Jose, CA | $208000 - $312000 | H-1B | May 31, 2023 |
| Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $208000 | H-1B | Jan 26, 2022 |
| EMC Corporation | Software Principal Engineer | Issaquah, WA | $208000 | H-1B | Dec 20, 2021 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Principal Engineer | San Jose, CA | $208000 - $297400 | H-1B | Nov 16, 2020 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Principal Engineer | San Jose, CA | $208000 - $297400 | H-1B | Nov 12, 2020 |
| Alkira, Inc. | Principal Engineer (Software Test) | San Jose, CA | $208000 | Green Card | Jan 15, 2021 |
| Data Domain LLC | Software Senior Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $208000 | H-1B | Jan 23, 2020 |
| DATA DOMAIN LLC | SOFTWARE SENIOR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER | Santa Clara, CA | $208000 | H-1B | May 2, 2019 |
| EMC CORPORATION | Software Principal Engineer | Durham, NC | $208000 | H-1B | Jun 9, 2026 |
| EMC Corporation | Software Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $207975 | H-1B | Jun 13, 2024 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer SQA | Santa Clara, CA | $207896 - $237500 | H-1B | Jul 24, 2025 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $207896 - $237500 | H-1B | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer Software | Santa Clara, CA | $207896 - $237500 | H-1B | Aug 14, 2025 |
| Atlassian, Inc. | Principal Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $207868 - $281233 | H-1B | Jul 25, 2022 |
| Motional AD Inc. | Principal Engineer, Team Lead | Pittsburgh, PA | $207848 | H-1B | Sep 25, 2025 |
| CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION | Principal Engineer Electrical Design | San Jose, CA | $207759 | H-1B | Feb 1, 2022 |
| CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION | Principal Engineer Electrical Design | San Jose, CA | $207759 | H-1B | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Dell Products L.P. | Software Senior Principal Engineer | Folsom, CA | $207627 | H-1B | Jul 28, 2022 |
| CommVault Systems,Inc. | Principal Engineer III | Tinton Falls, NJ | $207500 - $220000 | H-1B | Feb 2, 2026 |
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