Principal Engineer · San Jose
$214,500
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▼ -0.1%
$214,750
$214,500
$200k
25th
$214.5k
Median
$278k
75th
$169k
$304.2k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $110k – $422.2k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 82.5%
- Live roles
- 57
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