Principal Software Dev Eng H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 30 wage applications for Principal Software Dev Eng jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 4 employers. The median offered wage was $240,877, 16.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Amazon.com Services LLC filed the most (17, median $240,600).

Filings: 30
Positions covered: 75
Employers: 4
Median offered: $240,877
Median prevailing wage: $212,202
Filings since FY2021: 37

Principal Software Dev Eng, all employers30 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$240,877Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$225,068 to $249,875Where the middle half of the filings fall

$212,202Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2021

Employers made 37 filings across 4 fiscal years since 2021, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 4 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 Software Dev Eng by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	30	$240,877	+10.4%	$212,202	+16.4%
2025	4	$218,110	n/a	$190,486	+14.5%
2024	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2023	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2021	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
Amazon.com Services LLC	17	$240,600	+15.1%
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	9	$239,360	+16.4%
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	3	$247,065	+16.4%
Amazon Data Services, Inc	1	$311,200	+45.8%

Where Principal Software Dev Eng jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Seattle, WA	16	$245,683	+15.8%
Bellevue, WA	5	$240,600	+13.4%
Austin, TX	2	$209,000	+27.8%
Clermont, FL	1	$227,400	+59.0%
Cupertino, CA	1	$264,514	at the minimum
New York, NY	1	$239,360	+26.3%
Redmond, WA	1	$238,400	+12.3%
San Diego, CA	1	$231,117	+24.9%
San Francisco, CA	1	$311,200	+45.8%
Sunnyvale, CA	1	$284,100	+7.4%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified0%

Level III, experienced0%

Level IV, fully competent100%

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.