Principal Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Principal Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 183,650
✏️ This salary info is based on 34 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Principal Engineer salary lies between USD 132,000 and USD 268,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
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- Principal Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 34
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
Last updated:Top 20 Job Tags for Principal Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Principal Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Engineering | 329 jobs Python | 270 jobs Machine Learning | 237 jobs Architecture | 236 jobs Computer Science | 204 jobs Security | 170 jobs Pipelines | 141 jobs AWS | 138 jobs Testing | 115 jobs Azure | 113 jobs Java | 105 jobs Generative AI | 102 jobs GCP | 100 jobs SQL | 96 jobs APIs | 93 jobs LLMs | 90 jobs Research | 89 jobs Kubernetes | 88 jobs CI/CD | 82 jobs Agile | 78 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Principal Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Principal Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Salary bonus. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 264 jobs Health care | 146 jobs Salary bonus | 91 jobs Flex hours | 86 jobs Medical leave | 84 jobs Insurance | 83 jobs Equity / stock options | 80 jobs Startup environment | 69 jobs Competitive pay | 60 jobs Flex vacation | 50 jobs Team events | 50 jobs Parental leave | 47 jobs 401(k) matching | 37 jobs Wellness | 34 jobs Relocation support | 24 jobs Transparency | 23 jobs Conferences | 20 jobs Fitness / gym | 14 jobs Home office stipend | 11 jobs Fertility benefits | 11 jobsRelated salaries
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