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Principal Engineer · Chicago

$228,075

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +24.6%

$183,050 $228,075

$181.3k 25th

$228.1k Median

$261.3k 75th

$155k

$307k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $170k – $376.2k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 80%
Live roles: 20

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Highest-paying jobs

Principal Software Engineer (Auth0)

Okta · Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC

$274,000 – $376,200

Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Okta for AI Agents

Okta · Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Toronto, Ontario, Canada

$269,000 – $369,000

Principal Software Development Engineer, Digital Assets & Web3

DriveWealth · Office - NYC

$280,000 – $310,000

Principal Software Development Engineer, Post Trade

DriveWealth · Office - NYC

$250,000 – $280,000

Principal Data Engineer, People Data

Okta · Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC

$197,000 – $270,600

Principal Data Engineer, Product Data

Okta · Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC

$197,000 – $270,600

Principal Software Development Engineer, Execution Services

DriveWealth · Office - NYC

$250,000 – $270,000

Principal Data Engineer

Upside · DC

$215,000 – $250,000

Principal Solutions Engineer

BetterUp · Austin, TX

$198,800 – $248,500

Principal AI Engineer

Thoughtworks · Toronto, Canada

CA$214,000 – CA$344,000

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Okta	$233,800	5
DriveWealth	$265,000	3
Charles River Associates	$155,000	2
Upside	$232,500	1
BetterUp	$223,650	1
NinjaTrader	$207,500	1
Thoughtworks	$198,252	1
EI Enova International	$178,500	1