Principal Engineer · Seattle
$254,249
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▲ +8.2%
$235,000
$254,249
$205.6k
25th
$254.2k
Median
$303.5k
75th
$189.8k
$362.4k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $154.1k – $550.5k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 80.3%
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- 122
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