Distribución lado a lado
Principal Engineer
$223,250
mediana · por año, USD anualizado
- Divulgan
- 46.2%
- Puestos activos
- 1,771
Software Engineer
$191,125
mediana · por año, USD anualizado
- Divulgan
- 44.1%
- Puestos activos
- 15,329
Empleos mejor pagados
Principal Software Engineer
Distinguished Engineer
Staff / Principal Data Engineer
Principal Engineer (Payments)
Principal Engineer
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Delivery
Principal Research Engineer, Model Training & Post-Training
Principal Engineer, Agentic AI Systems
Principal .NET Software Engineer - Cloud Payments Platform
Principal .NET Software Engineer- Cloud Payments Platform
Empleos mejor pagados
Senior Software Engineer, Growth
Intermediate Backend Software Engineer
Staff Software Engineer (Backend)
Lead Software Engineer (Backend)
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Audio)
Software Engineer - Compliance
Software Engineer - EVM
Software Engineer - Solana
Software Engineer - Stellar
Senior Staff+ Software Engineer, Node Infra
Principales empresas que contratan
| Empresa | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
Roblox
|
$320,145 | 42 |
| AL Astera Labs | $207,500 | 21 |
Motional
|
$285,000 | 20 |
Elastic
|
$134,329 | 18 |
| SE Sezzle | $111,000 | 16 |
Anduril Industries
|
$256,000 | 13 |
Zscaler
|
$207,188 | 13 |
Snowflake
|
$321,750 | 12 |
Principales empresas que contratan
| Empresa | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
|
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 298 |
OpenAI
|
$309,000 | 113 |
Speechify
|
$170,000 | 103 |
Databricks
|
$214,700 | 98 |
|
Roblox
|
$269,270 | 83 |
Applied Intuition
|
$180,000 | 83 |
Palantir
|
$167,500 | 74 |
SpaceX
|
$137,500 | 66 |
Salario de Principal Engineer por ubicación
| Ubicación | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $278,000 | 70 |
| New York | $260,000 | 59 |
| Boston | $250,000 | 45 |
| Chicago | $232,500 | 15 |
| Seattle | $232,175 | 34 |
| Austin | $232,000 | 10 |
| Los Angeles | $225,000 | 31 |
| Toronto | $210,000 | 16 |
| London | $199,724 | 16 |
| Denver | $190,000 | 17 |
Salario de Software Engineer por ubicación
| Ubicación | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $225,000 | 1,401 |
| Sydney | $224,060 | 8 |
| New York | $213,300 | 1,160 |
| Seattle | $212,500 | 417 |
| Austin | $197,000 | 137 |
| Boston | $186,050 | 225 |
| Los Angeles | $182,500 | 164 |
| Bangalore | $181,219 | 4 |
| Chicago | $178,500 | 137 |
| Atlanta | $173,875 | 58 |
Principal Engineer vs Software Engineer: ¿cuál paga más?
La mediana de Principal Engineer es de $223,250 por año (normalmente $187,500–$275,639), frente a $191,125 de Software Engineer ($152,900–$225,000). Eso pone a Principal Engineer alrededor de un 17% por delante en la mediana.
Ambas cifras se calculan en vivo a partir de ofertas activas en JobsRadar y se normalizan a USD anualizado, de modo que Principal Engineer y Software Engineer se comparan en igualdad de condiciones independientemente de la moneda en la que se publicó originalmente cada puesto. Solo los puestos que publican un rango salarial alimentan las medianas; las cifras se actualizan cada pocas horas a medida que se publican nuevos puestos y se cierran los antiguos, así que esta comparación refleja el mercado actual y no una encuesta fija. Úsala como referencia orientativa al sopesar un camino frente a otro.