Principal Systems Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 72 wage applications for Principal Systems Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 35 employers. The median offered wage was $137,592, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments filed the most (23, median $125,119).

Filings: 72
Positions covered: 167
Employers: 35
Median offered: $137,592
Median prevailing wage: $131,109
Filings since FY2020: 353
Median offer change since FY2020: +15%

Principal Systems Engineer, all employers72 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$137,592Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$125,119 to $162,729Where the middle half of the filings fall

$131,109Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Principal Systems Engineer jobs rose 15%, from $120,458 in fiscal 2020 to $138,065 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 66 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 Systems Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	55	$138,065	−6.6%	$131,109	at the minimum
2025	64	$147,846	+11.7%	$139,090	at the minimum
2024	66	$132,413	−2.5%	$127,171	+0.3%
2023	35	$135,824	+11.0%	$117,166	+0.4%
2022	58	$122,379	−5.9%	$110,552	+5.9%
2021	36	$130,000	+7.9%	$118,102	+2.3%
2020	39	$120,458	n/a	$110,240	+1.6%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments	23	$125,119	at the minimum
U.S. Bank National Association	5	$130,333	at the minimum
Ally Bank	4	$138,486	at the minimum
Planet Innovation, Inc.	2	$162,300	+6.4%
Wi-Fi Alliance	2	$160,817	at the minimum
Medtronic, Inc.	2	$137,124	at the minimum
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation	2	$172,550	+16.2%
National Railroad Passenger Corporation	2	$150,245	at the minimum
Dell Marketing L.P.	2	$225,604	+35.2%
Cloudflare, Inc.	2	$270,000	+34.7%
Amgen Inc.	1	$157,318	+36.6%
Advanced Bionics LLC	1	$121,000	+0.8%
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.	1	$164,016	at the minimum
Advance Auto Business Support LLC	1	$126,818	at the minimum
Netex Solutions LLC	1	$123,635	at the minimum
National Charitable Services LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments	1	$116,624	at the minimum
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	1	$192,600	+9.3%
Harman Becker Automotive Systems, Inc.	1	n/a
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.	1	$174,837	+20.4%
Mizuho Orthopedic Systems, Inc.	1	$160,515	+2.7%
Transportation Technology Center, Inc, dba MxV Rail	1	$140,130	at the minimum
RTX Corporation	1	n/a
Epia Neuro, Inc.	1	$212,700	+7.7%
Miso Robotics, Inc.	1	$160,000	+25.8%
Boston Scientific Corporation	1	$142,317	+13.1%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 35. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Principal Systems Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Durham, NC	18	$125,119	at the minimum
Detroit, MI	3	$138,486	at the minimum
Santa Clara, CA	3	$166,546	at the minimum
Annapolis, MD	2	$178,006	+20.6%
Brookfield, WI	2	$144,477	+19.0%
Chatham, IL	2	$106,496	at the minimum
Coppell, TX	2	$172,550	+16.2%
Irvine, CA	2	$162,300	+6.4%
Jersey City, NJ	2	$209,033	+27.6%
Round Rock, TX	2	$225,604	+35.2%
Salt Lake City, UT	2	$120,605	at the minimum
Alameda, CA	1	$212,700	+7.7%
Branchburg, NJ	1	$145,000	+12.2%
Covington, KY	1	$117,577	at the minimum
Culver City, CA	1	$174,837	+20.4%
Downingtown, PA	1	$140,130	at the minimum
Dublin, CA	1	$164,016	at the minimum
Fridley, MN	1	$143,062	at the minimum
Garner, NC	1	$123,635	at the minimum
Indian Land, SC	1	$170,433	+21.8%
Irving, TX	1	$156,998	at the minimum
Johns Creek, GA	1	$136,837	+4.7%
Marlborough, MA	1	$195,000	+24.3%
Merrimack, NH	1	n/a
Middletown, DE	1	$144,123	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified0%

Level III, experienced30%

Level IV, fully competent70%

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.