Principal Systems Engineer Salaries in the United States
How much does a Principal Systems Engineer make in the United States?
Principal Systems Engineers earn $111,000 annually on average, or $53 per hour, which is 51% more than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Principal Systems Engineers work for Highly Reliable Systems at $180,000 annually while the lowest paid Principal Systems Engineers work for Janus Research Group earning approximately $71,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$111K Raytheon's Average Principal Systems Engineer Salary (61 salaries)
Equal to national average Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
+$34K (36%) more than average Raytheon salary ($77K)
+$9K (7%) more than average Raytheon Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
"I was very satisfied with my compensation."
+$10K (8%) more than average Raytheon Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
-$30K (31%) less than average Raytheon Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
$134K LinQuest's Average Principal Systems Engineer Salary (8 salaries)
+$23K (18%) more than national average Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
+$35K (30%) more than average LinQuest salary ($99K)
-$3K (2%) less than average LinQuest Principal Systems Engineer salary ($134K)
"I think the payment I got is about right level, not underpaid or overpaid."
-$7K (5%) less than average LinQuest Principal Systems Engineer salary ($134K)
-$6K (4%) less than average LinQuest Principal Systems Engineer salary ($134K)
$139K Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies' Average Principal Systems Engineer Salary (2 salaries)
+$28K (22%) more than national average Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
+$83K (85%) more than average Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies salary ($56K)
+$29K (18%) more than average Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Principal Systems Engineer salary ($139K)
"I don't feel I have been under or over paid. I believe the years and depth of my experience have determined the level of pay I have received along with the value proposition I bring to the organization."
-$30K (24%) less than average Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Principal Systems Engineer salary ($139K)
$169K Cerence's Average Principal Systems Engineer Salary (1 salaries)
+$58K (41%) more than national average Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
+$85K (67%) more than average Cerence salary ($84K)
Equal to average Cerence Principal Systems Engineer salary ($169K)
"Titles are misleading and mine was no exception. I was a systems engineer when I started at Nuance, deploying the Siri stack for Apple, and mettle stayed the same even though the roles shifted during my tenure. My role was more DevOps/SRE manager, although the team structure prevented growth in that track. However, the pay was comparable to what SRE's with my experience draws in Silicon Valley, although it is high considering I am now in the Denver area."
$140K NTT Ltd's Average Principal Systems Engineer Salary (1 salaries)
+$29K (23%) more than national average Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
+$39K (32%) more than average NTT Ltd salary ($101K)
Equal to average NTT Ltd Principal Systems Engineer salary ($140K)
"I think across the country my salary was commensurate with similar roles. Perhaps low for high priced areas such as the West coast but otherwise very good for the midwest."
$138K KinetX Aerospace's Average Principal Systems Engineer Salary (1 salaries)
+$27K (21%) more than national average Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
+$11K (8%) more than average KinetX Aerospace salary ($127K)
Equal to average KinetX Aerospace Principal Systems Engineer salary ($138K)
"I am paid very well. Beyond my expectations."
$131K GTMR's Average Principal Systems Engineer Salary (1 salaries)
+$20K (16%) more than national average Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
Equal to average GTMR salary ($131K)
Equal to average GTMR Principal Systems Engineer salary ($131K)
"Very Strong"
$60K Cambridge Industries Group's Average Principal Systems Engineer Salary (1 salaries)
-$51K (59%) less than national average Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
+$9K (16%) more than average Cambridge Industries Group salary ($51K)
Equal to average Cambridge Industries Group Principal Systems Engineer salary ($60K)
"The pay in CIG is over average in shanghaI China."
$111K BAE Systems' Average Principal Systems Engineer Salary (25 salaries)
Equal to national average Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
+$31K (32%) more than average BAE Systems salary ($80K)
-$30K (31%) less than average BAE Systems Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
+$40K (30%) more than average BAE Systems Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
-$20K (19%) less than average BAE Systems Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
$114K General Dynamics' Average Principal Systems Engineer Salary (22 salaries)
+$3K (2%) more than national average Principal Systems Engineer salary ($111K)
+$42K (45%) more than average General Dynamics salary ($72K)
+$6K (5%) more than average General Dynamics Principal Systems Engineer salary ($114K)
+$18K (14%) more than average General Dynamics Principal Systems Engineer salary ($114K)
+$17K (13%) more than average General Dynamics Principal Systems Engineer salary ($114K)
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