H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Principal Engineer, Systems Architecture

Occupation profile for Principal Engineer, Systems Architecture covers 30 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $174,947.

FY2026 certified median
$174,947
Total filings
30
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$170,269–$181,356
Top employer
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20247$169,357$168,798$179,061
FY202514$166,399$164,769$172,488
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)9$174,947$170,269$181,356

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Principal Engineer, Systems ArchitectureFY2024 $169,357; FY2025 $166,399; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $174,947$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$169,357FY2025$166,399FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$174,947Certified median offer, Principal Engineer, Systems ArchitectureFY2024 $169,357; FY2025 $166,399; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $174,947$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$169,357FY2025$166,399FY2026*$174,947
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. T-Mobile USA, Inc.28 filings
  2. Reliance Jio Global Resources, LLC1 filings
  3. Verizon Data Services LLC1 filings

Top cities

  1. Bellevue17 filings
  2. Herndon6 filings
  3. Frisco4 filings
  4. Overland Park2 filings
  5. Irving1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. T-Mobile USA, Inc. · Principal Engineer, Systems Architecture28 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
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1241$110,926$141,274$171,600$201,947
2026-27Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 4790017-2071$89,544$111,779$133,994$156,229
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1252$111,613$143,104$174,595$206,086
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1299$74,568$104,978$135,408$165,818
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266017-2071$101,670$123,531$145,413$167,274
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-1241$88,338$112,840$137,363$161,866
2026-27Kansas City, MO-KSArea 2814017-2071$82,243$100,069$117,894$135,720
2026-27Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 4790015-1241$108,534$132,850$157,186$181,501
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-1231$49,795$64,979$80,142$95,326
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-1252$95,202$116,896$138,590$160,285