Principal H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Financial and Investment Analysts (SOC 13-2051).

Employers filed 208 wage applications for Principal jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 82 employers. The median offered wage was $230,000, 37.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Boston Consulting Group, Inc. filed the most (24, median $252,900).

Filings: 208
Positions covered: 240
Employers: 82
Median offered: $230,000
Median prevailing wage: $156,822
Filings since FY2020: 850
Median offer change since FY2020: +1%

Principal, all employers208 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$230,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$178,244 to $275,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$156,822Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Principal jobs rose 1%, from $225,000 in fiscal 2020 to $228,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 33.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 175 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 by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	157	$228,000	−6.9%	$156,645	+33.4%
2025	175	$245,000	−3.1%	$148,200	+44.2%
2024	132	$252,900	+1.8%	$154,315	+67.9%
2023	116	$248,500	+15.8%	$153,171	+60.9%
2022	123	$214,677	−4.6%	$136,781	+58.5%
2021	66	$225,000	no change	$144,539	+51.7%
2020	81	$225,000	n/a	$143,437	+32.1%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	24	$252,900	+61.4%
Slalom, Inc.	19	$167,657	+16.7%
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.	12	$202,500	+22.1%
Apollo Management Holdings, L.P.	12	$300,000	+67.5%
Deloitte Consulting LLP	12	$225,000	at the minimum
KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC	10	$207,500	+26.3%
PwC US Consulting LLP	6	$400,000	+93.5%
A.T. Kearney, Inc.	6	$260,000	+50.3%
Oliver Wyman, LLC	5	$255,000	+62.8%
Centerview Partners, LLC	4	$300,000	+64.0%
TransUnion LLC	4	$152,787	at the minimum
KKR Capstone Americas LLC	4	$230,000	+33.4%
ZS Associates, Inc.	3	$340,000	+52.6%
Insight Venture Management LLC	3	$375,000	+25.5%
Rocky Mountain Institute, Inc.	3	$139,823	+47.8%
Roland Berger LP	2	$270,000	+61.1%
The Home for Little Wanderers	2	$94,405	at the minimum
Deloitte & Touche LLP	2	$232,197	+10.9%
Hawk Hill Management Company LLC	2	$300,000	+146.7%
Hg (US) Inc.	2	$300,000	+67.5%
Altman Solon US, LP	2	$242,250	+63.7%
Lycee Francais Nouvelle Orleans	2	$74,317	at the minimum
10T Holdings LLC	2	$177,500	+30.3%
Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects LLC	2	$278,100	+117.4%
Sumter County School System	2	$86,720	+0.4%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 82. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Principal jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
New York, NY	78	$252,900	+45.0%
San Francisco, CA	16	$252,900	+44.2%
Boston, MA	14	$256,450	+46.8%
Menlo Park, CA	12	$230,000	+33.4%
Chicago, IL	10	$213,890	+36.1%
Dallas, TX	7	$209,394	+9.6%
Austin, TX	4	$265,500	+113.0%
Los Angeles, CA	4	$163,552	+23.7%
Detroit, MI	3	$167,002	+18.8%
Houston, TX	3	$195,000	+38.7%
Seattle, WA	3	$252,907	+61.9%
Americus, GA	2	$86,720	+0.4%
Atlanta, GA	2	$210,279	+73.6%
Charlotte, NC	2	$189,543	at the minimum
Miami, FL	2	$255,250	+89.3%
New Orleans, LA	2	$74,317	at the minimum
Reston, VA	2	$163,363	at the minimum
Summit, NJ	2	$252,900	+61.4%
Walpole, MA	2	$94,405	at the minimum
Alhambra, CA	1	$145,815	+11.9%
Bellevue, WA	1	$350,000	+167.7%
Brooklynn, NY	1	n/a
Brooklyn, NY	1	$175,000	+11.7%
Cambridge, MA	1	$220,000	+5.2%
Chattanooga, TN	1	$122,346	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry5%

Level II, qualified6%

Level III, experienced9%

Level IV, fully competent80%

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.
3 filings are 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.