H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Principal Software Engineer II

Occupation profile for Principal Software Engineer II covers 19 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $164,112.

FY2026 certified median
$164,112
Total filings
19
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$152,079–$231,556
Top employer
Charter Communications, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20245$184,147$184,147$204,966
FY202511$162,999$161,886$215,869
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)3$164,112$152,079$231,556

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Principal Software Engineer IIFY2024 $184,147; FY2025 $162,999; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $164,112$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2024$184,147FY2025$162,999FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$164,112Certified median offer, Principal Software Engineer IIFY2024 $184,147; FY2025 $162,999; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $164,112$0$70k$140k$210kFY2024$184,147FY2025$162,999FY2026*$164,112
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Charter Communications, Inc.8 filings
  2. McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States2 filings
  3. Zynga, Inc.2 filings
  4. AccelByte, Inc.1 filings
  5. Elasticsearch, Inc.1 filings
  6. Examity Inc.1 filings
  7. Hughes Network Systems LLC1 filings
  8. ProctorU, Inc.1 filings
  9. Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.1 filings
  10. ZOCDOC, INC.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Englewood3 filings
  2. Greenwood Village3 filings
  3. San Mateo2 filings
  4. Schaumburg2 filings
  5. Maryland Heights2 filings
  6. New York2 filings
  7. Santa Clara1 filings
  8. Atlanta1 filings
  9. Gaithersburg1 filings
  10. Middletown1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Charter Communications, Inc. · Principal Software Engineer II8 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
2026-27Denver-Aurora-Centennial, COArea 1974015-1252$104,624$126,901$149,178$171,454
2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698015-1252$92,789$117,083$141,398$165,693
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
2026-27St. Louis, MO-ILArea 4118015-1252$84,718$105,310$125,882$146,474
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAArea 1206015-1252$91,915$113,776$135,658$157,518
2026-27Denver-Aurora-Centennial, COArea 1974015-1244$78,832$94,848$110,843$126,859
2026-27Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NYArea 2888015-1252$97,178$122,907$148,658$174,387
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1252$111,613$143,104$174,595$206,086