Side-by-side distribution
Anesthesiologist
$600,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 13%
- Live roles
- 54
Principal Engineer
$223,544
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 45.9%
- Live roles
- 1,775
Highest-paying jobs
CV Anesthesiologist-Hillcrest Medical Center- Tulsa, OK - $725(k)+ with 10 Weeks Off and CV Only Cases!
Anesthesiologist - Hillcrest Medical Center- Tulsa, OK - $678,000 1099 + 10 Weeks Off and Post Call is Off!
Anesthesiologist - Hillcrest Hospital Claremore - Claremore, OK | $600,000 w/ 10 Weeks Off and Limited Call, No OB!
Anesthesiologist
Anesthesiologist - Bailey Medical Center - Owasso, OK - $600,000 + 10 Weeks Off!
CV Anesthesiologist - Comanche County Memorial Hospital - Lawton, OK - 26 weeks off
Anesthesiologist
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Software Engineer
Distinguished Engineer
Staff / Principal Data Engineer
Principal Engineer (Payments)
Principal Engineer
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Delivery
Principal Research Engineer, Model Training & Post-Training
Principal Engineer, Agentic AI Systems
Principal .NET Software Engineer - Cloud Payments Platform
Principal .NET Software Engineer- Cloud Payments Platform
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Essential Anesthesia Management
|
$600,000 | 5 |
|
Vail Health Hospital
|
$600,000 | 1 |
| SA Schwarzman Animal Medical Center | $227,500 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Roblox
|
$320,145 | 42 |
| AL Astera Labs | $207,500 | 21 |
Motional
|
$285,000 | 20 |
Elastic
|
$134,329 | 18 |
| SE Sezzle | $111,000 | 16 |
Anduril Industries
|
$256,000 | 13 |
Zscaler
|
$207,188 | 13 |
Snowflake
|
$321,750 | 12 |
Principal Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $282,500 | 70 |
| New York | $259,000 | 55 |
| Boston | $250,000 | 45 |
| Austin | $232,000 | 10 |
| Seattle | $231,500 | 33 |
| Chicago | $228,075 | 16 |
| Los Angeles | $225,000 | 31 |
| Toronto | $210,000 | 17 |
| London | $199,724 | 16 |
| Denver | $190,000 | 17 |
Anesthesiologist vs Principal Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Anesthesiologist is $600,000 per year (typically $562,500–$639,000), versus $223,544 for Principal Engineer ($187,500–$276,000). That puts Anesthesiologist about 168% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Anesthesiologist and Principal Engineer are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.