Principal Engineer salaries in Chicago.
What Principal Engineer roles in Chicago pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
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$183,050
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$158.7k – $230.6k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
46.8%
22 of 47 roles
Live roles
47
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Okta for AI Agents
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Okta for AI Agents
Principal Engineer, iOS Performance
Engineering Manager, Americas
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Okta for AI Agents
Staff Product Engineer, Americas
Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Woolpert
VML
Advanced Technology Services
Everpure
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How much do Principal Engineer roles in Chicago pay?
The median salary for Principal Engineer roles in Chicago is $183,050 per year. Most pay falls between $158,700 (25th percentile) and $230,625 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $117,330 to $274,850.
These figures are computed live from 47 active Principal Engineer roles in Chicago on JobsRadar, of which 22 (46.8%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Principal Engineer roles in Chicago include Okta, Reddit, Ashby and IMC.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.