Principal Engineer · San Francisco
$282,500
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▲ +6.6%
$265,000
$282,500
$238.5k
25th
$282.5k
Median
$319.8k
75th
$213.3k
$401.4k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $191.3k – $550.5k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 80.7%
- Live roles
- 83
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