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Principal Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Principal Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
121
Median offered wage
$194,525
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$194,525certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Principal Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

1835FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1835FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202217
FY202319
FY202418
FY202532
FY2026*35
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
40
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. TSMC Technology, Inc.21
  2. Cisco Systems, Inc.10
  3. Arm, Inc.10
  4. Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C.7
  5. Sambanova Systems, Inc.6
  6. Nutanix, Inc.5
  7. MediaTek USA Inc.5
  8. F5, Inc.4
  9. Arrcus, Inc.4
  10. Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.3
  11. Calsoft Labs, Inc.3
  12. Commvault Systems, Inc3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $194,525; middle half $177,895 to $218,222 · median prevailing wage $183,903 (marker) · 120 applications.

$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II20
  2. Level III32
  3. Level IV54
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Principal Engineer" appears on 1,565 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 582 employers for worksites in 345 cities; the median offered wage is $162,500, so the median in San Jose is 19.7% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,565
Employers nationwide
582
Cities with filings
345
National median offered wage
$162,500
Share of national filings in San Jose
7.7%
Cities with the most applications for Principal Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA121
  2. Santa Clara, CA102
  3. Austin, TX88
  4. San Francisco, CA78
  5. Plano, TX36
  6. Palo Alto, CA35
  7. New York City, NY34
  8. Tinton Falls, NJ29
  9. Irving, TX27
  10. Mountain View, CA26
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Jose job market

San Jose has 52,029 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,727 job titles and 4,101 employers; "Principal Engineer" ranks #40 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Principal Engineer in San Jose
40
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Jose
  1. Software Engineer2,964
  2. Software Development Engineer1,223
  3. Senior Software Engineer972
  4. Software Engineer 3804
  5. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  6. Machine Learning Engineer615
  7. Software Developer559
  8. Product Manager454
  9. Member of Technical Staff446
  10. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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