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Principal Engineer

The median salary range for Principal Engineer disclosed in public job postings is $200k - $275k as of Oct 2026, based on 452 job postings from 108 companies.

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Low

$200,100

16%

Mid

$237,450

16%

High

$274,800

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90 Data Points

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OmniML

2 Job Posts

$839k

$838,500

NVIDIA

2 Job Posts

$839k

$838,500

Turing.com

3 Job Posts

$543k

$543,162

Google

58 Job Posts

$307k - $427k

$307,000 - $427,000

Kevel

2 Job Posts

$350k - $395k

$350,000 - $395,000

Barefoot Networks

3 Job Posts

$234k - $383k

$233,990 - $383,460

Snowflake

2 Job Posts

$250k - $380k

$250,000 - $380,000

Hamul

4 Job Posts

$319k - $371k

$319,420 - $371,380

Passage

3 Job Posts

$246k - $369k

$246,000 - $369,000

Nervana

3 Job Posts

$227k - $348k

$227,455 - $347,675

Unity

8 Job Posts

$228k - $340k

$227,900 - $340,000

Volterra

2 Job Posts

$226k - $338k

$225,600 - $338,400

Shape Security

2 Job Posts

$226k - $338k

$225,600 - $338,400

Crescendo Networks

2 Job Posts

$226k - $338k

$225,600 - $338,400

Uber

3 Job Posts

$302k - $336k

$302,000 - $336,000

FourQ Systems

1 Job Post

$257k - $322k

$257,000 - $322,000

GitLab

3 Job Posts

$223k - $317k

$223,000 - $317,000

Ironclad

1 Job Post

$285k - $315k

$285,000 - $315,000

LevelUp

2 Job Posts

$242k - $314k

$241,500 - $314,000

Grubhub

1 Job Post

$242k - $314k

$241,500 - $314,000

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