H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Principal Engineer

Occupation profile for Principal Engineer covers 930 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $175,255.

FY2026 certified median
$175,255
Total filings
930
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$152,200–$214,700
Top employer
Arm, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024270$165,000$142,563$202,650
FY2025380$167,101$147,773$201,323
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)280$175,255$152,200$214,700

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Principal EngineerFY2024 $165,000; FY2025 $167,101; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $175,255$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$165,000FY2025$167,101FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$175,255Certified median offer, Principal EngineerFY2024 $165,000; FY2025 $167,101; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $175,255$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$165,000FY2025$167,101FY2026*$175,255
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Arm, Inc.52 filings
  2. TSMC Technology, Inc.28 filings
  3. Autodesk, Inc.25 filings
  4. ICE MORTGAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.23 filings
  5. Atlassian US, Inc.17 filings
  6. Palo Alto Networks, Inc.17 filings
  7. Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA)17 filings
  8. CommVault Systems,Inc.16 filings
  9. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company16 filings
  10. SambaNova Systems Inc.16 filings

Top cities

  1. San Jose85 filings
  2. Austin60 filings
  3. Santa Clara55 filings
  4. San Francisco37 filings
  5. Plano26 filings
  6. New York19 filings
  7. San Diego17 filings
  8. Seattle17 filings
  9. Palo Alto16 filings
  10. Pleasanton16 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Arm, Inc. · Principal Engineer52 filings
  2. TSMC Technology, Inc. · Principal Engineer28 filings
  3. Autodesk, Inc. · Principal Engineer25 filings
  4. ICE MORTGAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. · Principal Engineer23 filings
  5. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · Principal Engineer17 filings
  6. Atlassian US, Inc. · Principal Engineer17 filings
  7. Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA) · Principal Engineer17 filings
  8. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company · Principal Engineer16 filings
  9. SambaNova Systems Inc. · Principal Engineer16 filings
  10. CommVault Systems,Inc. · Principal Engineer16 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-1252$95,202$116,896$138,590$160,285
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2072$124,405$155,896$187,408$218,899
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2072$100,131$126,235$152,360$178,464
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1252$111,613$143,104$174,595$206,086
2026-27Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAArea 1206015-1252$91,915$113,776$135,658$157,518
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242015-1252$95,888$119,642$143,395$167,149
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1252$114,275$138,237$162,198$186,160