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Principal Engineer · Canada

$168,743

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -18.4%

$206,698 $168,743

$128.4k 25th

$168.7k Median

$209.8k 75th

$111.6k

$279.9k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $114.3k – $500k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 63.5%
Live roles: 85

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$269,000 – $369,000

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$239,000 – $342,000

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$246,000 – $339,000

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$163,800 – $257,400

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Referral Board	$124,354	10
Elastic	$128,372	9
AlphaSense	$292,500	3
Okta	$157,659	3
Dropbox	$272,077	2
Roblox	$220,115	2
Xero	$182,816	2
Fulfillment IQ	$175,961	2