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Principal Staff Engineer Salaries in the United States

How much does a Principal Staff Engineer make in the United States?

Principal Staff Engineers earn $109,000 annually on average, or $52 per hour, which is 49% more than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Principal Staff Engineers work for BAE Systems at $134,000 annually while the lowest paid Principal Staff Engineers work for Raytheon earning approximately $85,000 each year.

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$158K Peregrine Semiconductor's Average Principal Staff Engineer Salary (1 salaries)

+$49K (36%) more than national average Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
+$73K (60%) more than average Peregrine Semiconductor salary ($85K)
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Equal to average Peregrine Semiconductor Principal Staff Engineer salary ($158K)
"Excellent pay, but few and small raises."

$109K Motorola Solutions' Average Principal Staff Engineer Salary (64 salaries)

Equal to national average Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
+$29K (30%) more than average Motorola Solutions salary ($80K)
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+$12K (10%) more than average Motorola Solutions Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
-$18K (18%) less than average Motorola Solutions Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
+$12K (10%) more than average Motorola Solutions Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
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$108K Freescale Semiconductor's Average Principal Staff Engineer Salary (5 salaries)

Equal to national average Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
+$28K (29%) more than average Freescale Semiconductor salary ($80K)
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-$7K (6%) less than average Freescale Semiconductor Principal Staff Engineer salary ($108K)
-$6K (5%) less than average Freescale Semiconductor Principal Staff Engineer salary ($108K)
+$2K (1%) more than average Freescale Semiconductor Principal Staff Engineer salary ($108K)
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$134K BAE Systems' Average Principal Staff Engineer Salary (4 salaries)

+$25K (20%) more than national average Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
+$54K (50%) more than average BAE Systems salary ($80K)
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-$3K (2%) less than average BAE Systems Principal Staff Engineer salary ($134K)
-$3K (2%) less than average BAE Systems Principal Staff Engineer salary ($134K)
-$3K (2%) less than average BAE Systems Principal Staff Engineer salary ($134K)
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$118K Sasken Communication Technologies 's Average Principal Staff Engineer Salary (3 salaries)

+$9K (7%) more than national average Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
+$57K (63%) more than average Sasken Communication Technologies salary ($61K)
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+$3K (2%) more than average Sasken Communication Technologies Principal Staff Engineer salary ($118K)
-$7K (6%) less than average Sasken Communication Technologies Principal Staff Engineer salary ($118K)
+$3K (2%) more than average Sasken Communication Technologies Principal Staff Engineer salary ($118K)

$125K Kofax Image Products' Average Principal Staff Engineer Salary (2 salaries)

+$16K (13%) more than national average Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
+$44K (42%) more than average Kofax Image Products salary ($81K)
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+$3K (2%) more than average Kofax Image Products Principal Staff Engineer salary ($125K)
-$4K (3%) less than average Kofax Image Products Principal Staff Engineer salary ($125K)

$114K L-3's Average Principal Staff Engineer Salary (2 salaries)

+$5K (4%) more than national average Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
+$43K (46%) more than average L-3 salary ($71K)
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+$7K (5%) more than average L-3 Principal Staff Engineer salary ($114K)
-$8K (7%) less than average L-3 Principal Staff Engineer salary ($114K)

$101K Foxconn's Average Principal Staff Engineer Salary (2 salaries)

-$8K (7%) less than national average Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
+$50K (65%) more than average Foxconn salary ($51K)
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Equal to average Foxconn Principal Staff Engineer salary ($101K)
Equal to average Foxconn Principal Staff Engineer salary ($101K)

$85K Raytheon's Average Principal Staff Engineer Salary (2 salaries)

-$24K (24%) less than national average Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
+$8K (9%) more than average Raytheon salary ($77K)
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Equal to average Raytheon Principal Staff Engineer salary ($85K)
Equal to average Raytheon Principal Staff Engineer salary ($85K)

$120K Embedded Computing's Average Principal Staff Engineer Salary (1 salaries)

+$11K (9%) more than national average Principal Staff Engineer salary ($109K)
+$37K (36%) more than average Embedded Computing salary ($83K)
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Equal to average Embedded Computing Principal Staff Engineer salary ($120K)

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