Principal Engineer Salaries in the United States
How much does a Principal Engineer make in the United States?
Principal Engineers earn $103,000 annually on average, or $50 per hour, which is 44% more than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Principal Engineers work for Micron Technology at $214,000 annually while the lowest paid Principal Engineers work for National Transmission earning approximately $25,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$105K Raytheon's Average Principal Engineer Salary (21 salaries)
+$2K (1%) more than national average Principal Engineer salary ($103K)
+$28K (30%) more than average Raytheon salary ($77K)
+$31K (25%) more than average Raytheon Principal Engineer salary ($105K)
"Pay is good for the new hiring. However, people are not always measured by what they are paid. And most people are looking for the growth within the organization beyond just the paid increase.How to restore the entrepreneurship and invest on new diversified research and development might be the most challenging jobs for their CEOs."
+$49K (37%) more than average Raytheon Principal Engineer salary ($105K)
"Work hard do well get paid"
$121K
Raytheon Principal Engineer
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+$16K (14%) more than average Raytheon Principal Engineer salary ($105K)
$111K Samsung's Average Principal Engineer Salary (7 salaries)
+$8K (7%) more than national average Principal Engineer salary ($103K)
+$41K (45%) more than average Samsung salary ($70K)
+$9K (7%) more than average Samsung Principal Engineer salary ($111K)
"Good money and plenty of challenge."
+$24K (19%) more than average Samsung Principal Engineer salary ($111K)
"I am very satisfied with my compensation."
$146K
Samsung Principal Engineer
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+$35K (27%) more than average Samsung Principal Engineer salary ($111K)
$125K Dell's Average Principal Engineer Salary (2 salaries)
+$22K (19%) more than national average Principal Engineer salary ($103K)
+$64K (68%) more than average Dell salary ($61K)
+$5K (3%) more than average Dell Principal Engineer salary ($125K)
"It is competitive. Dell actually paid good salary in the past."
-$5K (4%) less than average Dell Principal Engineer salary ($125K)
"I felt I was compensated really well."
$98K Global Publishing, Inc.'s Average Principal Engineer Salary (2 salaries)
-$5K (4%) less than national average Principal Engineer salary ($103K)
+$14K (15%) more than average Global Publishing, Inc. salary ($84K)
Equal to average Global Publishing, Inc. Principal Engineer salary ($98K)
"I am comfortable with my pay rate there."
Equal to average Global Publishing, Inc. Principal Engineer salary ($98K)
"I am comfortable for the pay rate."
$105K Honeywell's Average Principal Engineer Salary (22 salaries)
+$2K (1%) more than national average Principal Engineer salary ($103K)
+$40K (47%) more than average Honeywell salary ($65K)
+$48K (37%) more than average Honeywell Principal Engineer salary ($105K)
"comparable."
$111K
Honeywell Principal Engineer
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+$6K (5%) more than average Honeywell Principal Engineer salary ($105K)
$91K
Honeywell Principal Engineer
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-$14K (14%) less than average Honeywell Principal Engineer salary ($105K)
$132K Broadcom's Average Principal Engineer Salary (13 salaries)
+$29K (24%) more than national average Principal Engineer salary ($103K)
+$42K (37%) more than average Broadcom salary ($90K)
-$5K (3%) less than average Broadcom Principal Engineer salary ($132K)
"The pay at Broadcom is good for the work we do."
$121K
Broadcom Principal Engineer
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-$11K (8%) less than average Broadcom Principal Engineer salary ($132K)
$141K
Broadcom Principal Engineer
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+$9K (6%) more than average Broadcom Principal Engineer salary ($132K)
$123K Amgen's Average Principal Engineer Salary (8 salaries)
+$20K (17%) more than national average Principal Engineer salary ($103K)
+$48K (48%) more than average Amgen salary ($75K)
+$27K (19%) more than average Amgen Principal Engineer salary ($123K)
"very competitive"
$120K
Amgen Principal Engineer
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-$3K (2%) less than average Amgen Principal Engineer salary ($123K)
$131K
Amgen Principal Engineer
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+$8K (6%) more than average Amgen Principal Engineer salary ($123K)
$118K Ricoh's Average Principal Engineer Salary (5 salaries)
+$15K (13%) more than national average Principal Engineer salary ($103K)
+$67K (79%) more than average Ricoh salary ($51K)
-$13K (11%) less than average Ricoh Principal Engineer salary ($118K)
"good"
$116K
Ricoh Principal Engineer
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-$2K (1%) less than average Ricoh Principal Engineer salary ($118K)
$116K
Ricoh Principal Engineer
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-$2K (1%) less than average Ricoh Principal Engineer salary ($118K)
$128K Nielsen's Average Principal Engineer Salary (4 salaries)
+$25K (21%) more than national average Principal Engineer salary ($103K)
+$73K (79%) more than average Nielsen salary ($55K)
+$16K (11%) more than average Nielsen Principal Engineer salary ($128K)
"Underpaid, lot of effort goes into researching on my own time to enable introduction of appropriate technology, concepts and methodologies to make project successful. All at the same time dealing with tight deadlines."
$124K
Nielsen Principal Engineer
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-$4K (3%) less than average Nielsen Principal Engineer salary ($128K)
$124K
Nielsen Principal Engineer
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-$4K (3%) less than average Nielsen Principal Engineer salary ($128K)
$106K Verizon Communications' Average Principal Engineer Salary (4 salaries)
+$3K (2%) more than national average Principal Engineer salary ($103K)
+$44K (52%) more than average Verizon Communications salary ($62K)
+$48K (36%) more than average Verizon Communications Principal Engineer salary ($106K)
"Average"
+$15K (13%) more than average Verizon Communications Principal Engineer salary ($106K)
-$5K (4%) less than average Verizon Communications Principal Engineer salary ($106K)
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