Senior Principal Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 40 wage applications for Senior Principal Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 30 employers. The median offered wage was $206,447, 2.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA) filed the most (3, median $231,276).

Filings: 40
Positions covered: 40
Employers: 30
Median offered: $206,447
Median prevailing wage: $161,179
Filings since FY2020: 242
Median offer change since FY2020: +0%

Senior Principal Engineer, all employers40 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$206,447Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$153,230 to $231,276Where the middle half of the filings fall

$161,179Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior Principal Engineer jobs held steady, from $169,454 in fiscal 2020 to $170,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 50 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.

Senior Principal Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	27	$170,000	−16.6%	$161,179	+0.7%
2025	39	$203,941	+41.1%	$149,355	+14.6%
2024	32	$144,518	−21.2%	$135,200	+6.9%
2023	33	$183,310	+6.0%	$150,197	+10.2%
2022	50	$173,000	+21.8%	$141,294	+11.8%
2021	30	$142,000	−16.2%	$126,485	+4.1%
2020	31	$169,454	n/a	$135,886	+12.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA)	3	$231,276	+60.3%
Autodesk, Inc.	3	$213,512	at the minimum
Arm, Inc.	2	$161,179	at the minimum
Docusign Inc.	2	$271,900	+28.1%
Experian Information Solutions, Inc.	2	$245,800	+44.8%
United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC	2	$140,000	+23.9%
F5, Inc.	2	$260,250	+38.4%
Upscale AI, Inc	2	$220,000	+1.8%
Brainlabs USA, LLC	1	$170,000	+0.3%
Bolster, Inc.	1	$226,138	at the minimum
Alcon Research, LLC	1	$135,762	at the minimum
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	1	$156,666	+0.2%
Parker Hannifin Corporation	1	$119,829	at the minimum
SambaNova Systems Inc.	1	$224,682	at the minimum
Jabil Inc.	1	$217,630	at the minimum
Technip Energies USA, Inc.	1	$182,634	+17.7%
Sunus LLC	1	$134,971	at the minimum
Magna Electronics, Inc.	1	$153,573	+28.3%
Toast, Inc.	1	$260,000	+59.0%
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc.	1	$140,850	+10.6%
Alphacore, Inc.	1	$170,000	+18.5%
Edwards Lifesciences LLC	1	$120,661	at the minimum
TiVo Platform Technologies, LLC	1	$231,060	+2.2%
Celero Communications, Inc.	1	$245,000	+51.2%
Coherent Corp.	1	$138,715	+1.0%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 30. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Senior Principal Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
San Jose, CA	4	$224,345	+1.2%
Austin, TX	3	$161,179	at the minimum
Plano, TX	3	$231,276	+60.3%
San Francisco, CA	3	$213,512	at the minimum
Santa Clara, CA	3	$220,000	+1.8%
Atlanta, GA	2	$136,600	+0.4%
Costa Mesa, CA	2	$245,800	+44.8%
Irvine, CA	2	$182,831	+25.6%
Pontiac, MI	2	$140,000	+23.9%
Bothell, WA	1	$271,900	+28.1%
Flower Mound, TX	1	$134,971	at the minimum
Harbor City, CA	1	$165,000	+0.9%
Houston, TX	1	$182,634	+17.7%
Johns Creek, GA	1	$135,762	at the minimum
Macedonia, OH	1	$119,829	at the minimum
New York, NY	1	$170,000	+0.3%
Palo Alto, CA	1	$224,682	at the minimum
Round Rock, TX	1	$275,000	+68.1%
San Mateo, CA	1	$213,512	at the minimum
Seattle, WA	1	$271,900	+28.1%
Sherman, TX	1	$138,715	+1.0%
Southfield, MI	1	$153,573	+28.3%
Tempe, AZ	1	$170,000	+18.5%
Washougal, WA	1	$169,528	+10.9%
West Bloomfield Township, MI	1	$140,850	+10.6%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified3%

Level III, experienced26%

Level IV, fully competent72%

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.
2 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.