Principal Engineer · United States
$227,500
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▼ -2.3%
$232,850
$227,500
$200k
25th
$227.5k
Median
$294.5k
75th
$172.7k
$334.6k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $50k – $578.2k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 59.5%
- Live roles
- 793
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