Principal Application Engineer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
Employers filed 114 wage applications for Principal Application Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 12 employers. The median offered wage was $148,971, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Capital One Services, LLC filed the most (45, median $148,971).
- Filings
- 114
- Positions covered
- 111
- Employers
- 12
- Median offered
- $148,971
- Median prevailing wage
- $148,971
- Filings since FY2020
- 509
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +6%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Principal Application Engineer jobs rose 6%, from $140,000 in fiscal 2020 to $148,971 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 110 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Principal Application Engineer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 96 | $148,971 | −0.5% | $148,971 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 110 | $149,781 | +3.3% | $148,949 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 83 | $145,000 | +6.5% | $144,560 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 109 | $136,120 | +5.5% | $134,118 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 71 | $129,000 | −15.7% | $125,445 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 16 | $153,048 | +9.3% | $150,665 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 24 | $140,000 | n/a | $131,373 | at the minimum |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital One Services, LLC | 45 | $148,971 | at the minimum | |
| DFS Corporate Services LLC | 30 | $148,971 | at the minimum | |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 25 | $161,179 | at the minimum | |
| Riot Games, Inc. | 3 | $181,293 | +56.5% | |
| Pulse Network LLC | 3 | $152,000 | at the minimum | |
| The MathWorks, Inc. | 2 | $183,165 | at the minimum | |
| Google LLC | 1 | $319,000 | +20.6% | |
| Navy Federal Credit Union | 1 | $194,678 | +11.0% | |
| Diners Club International Ltd. | 1 | $153,315 | +2.9% | |
| Link Logistics Real Estate Holdco LLC | 1 | $248,849 | +31.3% | |
| Robert Bosch, LLC | 1 | $153,800 | +22.7% | |
| ANSYS, Inc. | 1 | $130,374 | at the minimum | |
Where Principal Application Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverwoods, IL | 67 | $148,971 | at the minimum | |
| San Jose, CA | 14 | $160,510 | at the minimum | |
| Austin, TX | 6 | $161,179 | at the minimum | |
| Los Angeles, CA | 3 | $181,293 | +56.5% | |
| Irvine, CA | 2 | $140,088 | at the minimum | |
| Powell, OH | 2 | $140,307 | +0.2% | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $130,374 | at the minimum | |
| Aubrey, TX | 1 | $156,998 | at the minimum | |
| Burlington, MA | 1 | $148,054 | at the minimum | |
| Celina, TX | 1 | $153,315 | at the minimum | |
| Farmington Hills, MI | 1 | $153,800 | +22.7% | |
| Frisco, TX | 1 | $153,315 | at the minimum | |
| Harrisburg, NC | 1 | $139,859 | at the minimum | |
| Irving, TX | 1 | $153,315 | at the minimum | |
| Lansing, MI | 1 | $113,277 | at the minimum | |
| Mckinney, TX | 1 | $153,315 | at the minimum | |
| Nashua, NH | 1 | $167,024 | at the minimum | |
| Natick, MA | 1 | $167,627 | at the minimum | |
| Normal, IL | 1 | $136,531 | at the minimum | |
| Pittsford, NY | 1 | $137,571 | at the minimum | |
| Plano, TX | 1 | $153,315 | at the minimum | |
| Rurherford, NJ | 1 | $248,849 | +31.3% | |
| Santa Clara, CA | 1 | $198,702 | at the minimum | |
| Sun Prairie, WI | 1 | $130,894 | at the minimum | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 1 | $319,000 | +20.6% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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