Distribuição lado a lado
Principal Engineer
$223,544
mediana · por ano, anualizado em USD
- Divulgando
- 45.9%
- Vagas ativas
- 1,775
Tech Lead
$185,000
mediana · por ano, anualizado em USD
- Divulgando
- 34.3%
- Vagas ativas
- 2,598
Vagas mais bem pagas
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
Vagas mais bem pagas
Senior Business Development Lead - Retail Tech & Software Services
Lead Software Engineer (Backend)
Customer Engineering Lead
Technical Lead, Safety Research
Data Engineering Lead
Lead Security Engineer
Staff Engineer, Emulation Technical Lead
RISC-V AI / HPC & Agentic Software Engineering Lead
Technical Lead Manager, Data Engineering, Trust & Safety
Lead Machine Learning Inference Engineer, Advertising
Principais empresas contratando
| Empresa | Mediana | Funções |
|---|---|---|
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 |
Principais empresas contratando
| Empresa | Mediana | Funções |
|---|---|---|
|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 33 |
STR
|
$198,250 | 26 |
|
Motional
|
$237,500 | 21 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$197,750 | 21 |
Fluidstack
|
$275,000 | 19 |
Scout Motors
|
$176,250 | 17 |
|
OpenAI
|
$338,750 | 14 |
Relativity Space
|
$167,500 | 14 |
Salário de Principal Engineer por local
| Local | Mediana | Funções |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $282,500 | 70 |
| New York | $259,000 | 55 |
| Boston | $250,000 | 45 |
| Austin | $232,000 | 10 |
| Seattle | $231,500 | 33 |
| Chicago | $228,075 | 16 |
| Los Angeles | $225,000 | 31 |
| Toronto | $210,000 | 17 |
| London | $199,724 | 16 |
| Denver | $190,000 | 17 |
Salário de Tech Lead por local
| Local | Mediana | Funções |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | $266,500 | 24 |
| San Francisco | $237,500 | 141 |
| Seattle | $234,225 | 34 |
| New York | $222,000 | 100 |
| Boston | $212,500 | 51 |
| Atlanta | $190,000 | 13 |
| Denver | $183,500 | 15 |
| Los Angeles | $175,000 | 19 |
| Toronto | $167,673 | 26 |
| Chicago | $166,000 | 28 |
Principal Engineer vs Tech Lead: qual paga mais?
A mediana para Principal Engineer é $223,544 por ano (normalmente $187,500–$276,000), contra $185,000 para Tech Lead ($152,625–$222,675). Isso coloca Principal Engineer cerca de 21% à frente na mediana.
Ambos os números são calculados ao vivo a partir de vagas ativas na JobsRadar e normalizados para USD anualizado, então Principal Engineer e Tech Lead são comparados em igualdade de condições, independentemente da moeda em que cada vaga foi originalmente publicada. Apenas as vagas que publicam uma faixa salarial alimentam as medianas; os números são atualizados a cada poucas horas conforme novas vagas são publicadas e as antigas são encerradas, então esta comparação reflete o mercado agora, e não uma pesquisa fixa. Use-a como referência direcional ao pesar um caminho contra o outro.