Principal Product Engineer H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (SOC 17-2072).

Employers filed 28 wage applications for Principal Product Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 7 employers. The median offered wage was $156,208, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. filed the most (15, median $168,799).

Filings: 28
Positions covered: 27
Employers: 7
Median offered: $156,208
Median prevailing wage: $156,208
Filings since FY2020: 108
Median offer change since FY2020: +6%

Principal Product Engineer, all employers28 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$156,208Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$146,711 to $169,603Where the middle half of the filings fall

$156,208Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Principal Product Engineer jobs rose 6%, from $147,576 in fiscal 2020 to $156,208 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 20 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 Product Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	24	$156,208	+4.2%	$156,208	at the minimum
2025	20	$149,978	−3.5%	$149,573	at the minimum
2024	13	$155,438	+17.0%	$139,188	at the minimum
2023	14	$132,815	−12.4%	$132,815	at the minimum
2022	16	$151,642	+22.5%	$149,932	at the minimum
2021	12	$123,817	−16.1%	$123,817	at the minimum
2020	9	$147,576	n/a	$147,576	at the minimum

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.	15	$168,799	at the minimum
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC	7	$156,208	at the minimum
Medtronic, Inc.	2	$131,471	+6.7%
Covidien LP	1	$119,933	at the minimum
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.	1	$151,840	+21.5%
Ampere Computing LLC	1	$237,000	+19.3%
Green Dot Corporation	1	$167,024	+41.1%

Where Principal Product Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
San Jose, CA	12	$170,248	at the minimum
Allen, TX	6	$156,208	at the minimum
Austin, TX	2	$143,208	at the minimum
Cincinnati, OH	1	$167,024	+41.1%
Fridley, MN	1	$131,755	+13.4%
Hopkinton, MA	1	$148,054	at the minimum
Mounds View, MN	1	$131,186	at the minimum
North Haven, CT	1	$119,933	at the minimum
Pittsburgh, PA	1	$112,029	at the minimum
Redlands, CA	1	$151,840	+21.5%
Santa Clara, CA	1	$237,000	+19.3%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified6%

Level III, experienced29%

Level IV, fully competent65%

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.