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Principal Engineer

The median salary range for Principal Engineer disclosed in public job postings is $200k - $273k as of Sep 2026, based on 410 job postings from 104 companies.

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Low

$199,834

15%

Mid

$236,267

15%

High

$272,700

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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

42 Job Posts

$307k - $427k

$307,000 - $427,000

Kevel

5 Job Posts

$350k - $395k

$350,000 - $395,000

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

Unity

8 Job Posts

$228k - $340k

$227,900 - $340,000

Uber

3 Job Posts

$302k - $336k

$302,000 - $336,000

FourQ Systems

1 Job Post

$257k - $322k

$257,000 - $322,000

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

Epic Games

3 Job Posts

$214k - $314k

$214,089 - $313,997

Nervana

2 Job Posts

$221k - $312k

$220,920 - $311,890

Archer

2 Job Posts

$248k - $311k

$248,000 - $311,000

PixelFactory.ai

1 Job Post

$203k - $305k

$203,280 - $304,920

CoreWeave

4 Job Posts

$206k - $303k

$206,000 - $303,000

Minted

2 Job Posts

$231k - $303k

$230,729 - $302,832

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