Principal Software Engineering H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 33 wage applications for Principal Software Engineering jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 10 employers. The median offered wage was $179,750, 15.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. AT&T Services, Inc. filed the most (20, median $183,592).

Filings: 33
Positions covered: 33
Employers: 10
Median offered: $179,750
Median prevailing wage: $156,998
Filings since FY2020: 101
Median offer change since FY2020: +19%

Principal Software Engineering, all employers33 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$179,750Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$170,196 to $185,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$156,998Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Principal Software Engineering jobs rose 19%, from $147,550 in fiscal 2020 to $176,280 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 14.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 30 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 Engineering by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	27	$176,280	−3.5%	$156,998	+14.5%
2025	30	$182,618	+8.0%	$149,781	+22.7%
2024	12	$169,155	+15.1%	$142,002	+16.7%
2023	5	$147,000	−26.5%	$109,408	+50.3%
2022	3	$200,000	+41.3%	$167,710	+12.3%
2021	14	$141,585	−4.0%	$127,150	+11.3%
2020	10	$147,550	n/a	$137,884	+5.5%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
AT&T Services, Inc.	20	$183,592	+18.8%
Insurance Services Office, Inc	3	$172,900	+10.4%
Alcon Research, LLC	2	$144,788	at the minimum
The Options Clearing Corporation	2	$179,400	+14.3%
Forged Fiber 37 LLC	1	$157,974	+10.4%
LTIMindtree Limited	1	$119,095	+6.8%
Slalom, Inc.	1	$158,574	+14.5%
NIKE, Inc.	1	$222,789	+25.3%
Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group Inc.	1	$134,992	at the minimum
CoreLogic Solutions, LLC	1	$181,200	+15.4%

Where Principal Software Engineering jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Dallas, TX	7	$174,100	+10.9%
Plano, TX	6	$188,312	+19.9%
Alpharetta, GA	5	$181,642	+19.4%
Bothell, WA	3	$196,560	+59.7%
Jersey City, NJ	3	$172,900	+10.4%
Beaverton, OR	1	$222,789	+25.3%
Bellevue, WA	1	$119,095	+6.8%
Detroit, MI	1	$158,574	+14.5%
Goleta, CA	1	$134,557	at the minimum
Irving, TX	1	$181,200	+15.4%
Lake Forest, CA	1	$155,019	at the minimum
Middletown, NJ	1	$185,000	+24.2%
Omaha, NE	1	$134,992	at the minimum
Sanford, FL	1	$157,974	+10.4%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified7%

Level III, experienced4%

Level IV, fully competent89%

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.
1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.