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Principal Engineer · Los Angeles

$220,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -4.3%

$230,000 $220,000

$200k 25th

$220k Median

$275k 75th

$181.7k

$337.1k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $170k – $468k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 59.1%
Live roles: 93

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Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
CHAOS Industries	$210,000	11
Blue Origin	$219,831	7
Motorola Solutions	$200,000	5
Snap Inc.	$345,000	4
Pragmatike	$300,000	3
Freeform	$280,000	3
Altruist	$253,500	2
Silvus Technologies	$207,500	2