Principal Engineer Salary in 2024

💰 The median Principal Engineer Salary in 2024 is USD 153,800

✏️ This salary info is based on 16 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Principal Engineer salary lies between USD 124,900 and USD 187,300 globally. 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.

Job title
Principal Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
16
Top 10%
$ 237,500
Top 25%
$ 187,300
Median
$ 153,800
Bottom 25%
$ 124,900
Bottom 10%
$ 112,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Principal Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Principal Engineer job listings are Cloud, Computer Science and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 115 jobs Computer Science | 80 jobs Python | 65 jobs AWS | 55 jobs Compliance | 54 jobs Azure | 50 jobs GCP | 46 jobs CISSP | 44 jobs Automation | 42 jobs Privacy | 42 jobs Java | 41 jobs Linux | 41 jobs C | 40 jobs Kubernetes | 40 jobs Strategy | 39 jobs Agile | 36 jobs SQL | 35 jobs APIs | 34 jobs DevOps | 33 jobs IAM | 33 jobs

Top 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, Medical leave and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 132 jobs Medical leave | 53 jobs Health care | 49 jobs Flex hours | 48 jobs Salary bonus | 36 jobs Equity / stock options | 33 jobs Startup environment | 33 jobs Flex vacation | 29 jobs Insurance | 29 jobs Competitive pay | 27 jobs Wellness | 25 jobs Team events | 25 jobs 401(k) matching | 18 jobs Parental leave | 17 jobs Conferences | 7 jobs Relocation support | 7 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Lunch / meals | 4 jobs Signing bonus | 4 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs

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