Principal Engineer, Software Engineering H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).

Employers filed 54 wage applications for Principal Engineer, Software Engineering jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 5 employers. The median offered wage was $133,494, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Rockwell Collins Inc. filed the most (45, median $133,494).

Filings: 54
Positions covered: 54
Employers: 5
Median offered: $133,494
Median prevailing wage: $133,494
Filings since FY2020: 175
Median offer change since FY2022: +6%

Principal Engineer, Software Engineering, all employers54 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$133,494Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$133,494 to $133,494Where the middle half of the filings fall

$133,494Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Principal Engineer, Software Engineering jobs rose 6%, from $125,570 in fiscal 2022 to $133,494 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 48 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 Engineer, Software Engineering by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	43	$133,494	+3.6%	$133,494	at the minimum
2025	48	$128,877	+6.1%	$128,877	at the minimum
2024	27	$121,451	+0.6%	$121,451	at the minimum
2023	30	$120,682	−3.9%	$120,682	at the minimum
2022	21	$125,570	+10.8%	$125,570	at the minimum
2021	4	$113,329	n/a	$113,329	at the minimum
2020	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Rockwell Collins Inc.	45	$133,494	at the minimum
ARINC Incorporated	5	$131,602	at the minimum
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation	2	$126,942	at the minimum
Prog Leasing, LLC	1	$214,000	+0.2%
Saviynt, Inc.	1	$226,138	at the minimum

Where Principal Engineer, Software Engineering jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Cedar Rapids, IA	32	$133,494	at the minimum
Melbourne, FL	9	$126,672	at the minimum
Annapolis, MD	2	$136,552	at the minimum
Rockford, IL	2	$126,942	at the minimum
Ambler, PA	1	$131,602	at the minimum
Cumming, GA	1	$130,707	at the minimum
Draper, UT	1	$152,402	at the minimum
Dublin, CA	1	$214,000	+0.2%
Frisco, TX	1	$156,998	at the minimum
Houston, TX	1	$149,718	at the minimum
Oviedo, FL	1	$143,062	at the minimum
San Jose, CA	1	$226,138	at the minimum
Wilsonville, OR	1	$152,880	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified2%

Level III, experienced22%

Level IV, fully competent76%

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.