H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Principal Engineering Technologist

Occupation profile for Principal Engineering Technologist covers 6 filings across the reporting window. FY2025 certified median offer: $182,464.

FY2025 certified median
$182,464
Total filings
6
FY2025 25th–75th percentile
$178,919–$188,000
Top employer
Dell Products L.P.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20242$166,570$157,855$175,285
FY20254$182,464$178,919$188,000

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Principal Engineering TechnologistFY2024 $166,570; FY2025 $182,464$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2024$166,570FY2025$182,464Certified median offer, Principal Engineering TechnologistFY2024 $166,570; FY2025 $182,464$0$70k$140k$210kFY2024$166,570FY2025$182,464
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Dell Products L.P.5 filings
  2. EMC Corporation1 filings

Top cities

  1. Austin3 filings
  2. Round Rock2 filings
  3. Hopkinton1 filings

Filings by employer and title

    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
    2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242015-1221$79,914$111,987$144,082$176,155
    2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242015-1252$95,888$119,642$143,395$167,149
    2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242015-1299$69,264$97,989$126,714$155,438
    2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2141$77,314$97,885$118,435$139,006
    2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2199$83,200$101,608$120,016$138,424
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1299$71,843$99,050$126,277$153,483