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Principal Engineer 1- Software

Reported H-1B wages for this job title. Explore roles, wages, and case statuses using public Department of Labor records.

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Principal Engineer 1- Software insights

Official U.S. DOL records

Total filings22All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

Median yearly base salary$118,17521 eligible salary records

Employer names2Distinct reported names

Typical salary range$103,300–$126,552Middle 50% of yearly wages

Filing & salary trends

How reported activity and wages changed over time

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

FY 20221 filings$138,099 median · n=1

*FY 2026 covers Q1–Q3 through June; earlier years cover full fiscal years. Median: certified, positive yearly base wages; nominal USD.

Salary distribution

Where reported yearly base wages concentrate

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

$100k–$125kMost common wage band

$0$125k$250k+

$25k bands · 21 certified filings with positive yearly wages. Final band includes all wages ≥$250k.

Most reported roles

Explore job mix and compare reported wages

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

Principal Engineer 1- Software20

$111,140 median · n=19 eligible

Principal Engineer 1- Software (Oracle Brm)2

$126,552 median · n=2 eligible

Top 2 by filing volume. Medians use certified, positive yearly wages. Bars start at zero.

Leading worksite cities

Where filings are concentrated

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

Germantown, MD16

$106,422 median · n=15 eligible

Germantown, MARYLAND3

$118,175 median · n=3 eligible

Gaithersburg, MARYLAND1

$128,000 median · n=1 eligible

Germantown, ME1

$126,552 median · n=1 eligible

Gaithersburg, MD1

$125,772 median · n=1 eligible

Top 5 by filing volume. Medians use certified, positive yearly wages. Bars start at zero.

Case outcomes

Certification and withdrawal context

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

95.5%Certified LCAs

Certified21 95.5%

Certified - Withdrawn1 4.5%

Denominator: all 22 matching filings. LCA certification is not a visa approval rate.

Leading employers

Companies with the most matching filings

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

Hughes Network Systems LLC22

$118,175 median · n=21 eligible

Top 1 by filing volume. Medians use certified, positive yearly wages. Bars start at zero.

Salary benchmarks

Reported wage percentiles, from P10 to P90

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

$118,175Median reported annual base wage

10th percentile$101,899

25th percentile$103,300

Median (50th)$118,175

75th percentile$126,552

90th percentile$132,633

n=21 certified filings with positive yearly wages. Percentiles describe filings, not unique workers or total compensation.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures · FY 2016–2026 (FY 2026 partial) · salary charts exclude non-yearly pay, non-certified cases, and missing or non-positive wages. Coverage & methodology

Salary filing history

22 matching H-1B filings

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Reported base wages in USD · pay period shown beside each amount · select a salary for case details

Employer	Job title	Base salary	Location	Submit date	Start date
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $138,098.61 /yr I-200-22104-072195 Reported wage: $138,098.61 / year Annualized: $138,099 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2022 Decision: 2022-04-21 Employment end: 2025-08-31 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	04/14/2022	09/01/2022
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $125,771.86 /yr I-200-21085-177721 Reported wage: $125,771.86 / year Annualized: $125,772 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2021 Decision: 2021-04-02 Employment end: 2024-08-31 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Gaithersburg, MD	03/26/2021	09/01/2021
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $132,633.21 /yr I-200-21008-003122 Reported wage: $132,633.21 / year Annualized: $132,633 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2021 Decision: 2021-01-15 Employment end: 2024-07-03 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	01/08/2021	07/04/2021
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $125,623.53 /yr I-200-20084-431788 Reported wage: $125,623.53 / year Annualized: $125,624 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2020 Decision: 2020-03-31 Employment end: 2023-09-22 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	03/24/2020	09/23/2020
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $135,000 /yr I-200-19283-081271 Reported wage: $135,000 / year Annualized: $135,000 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2020 Decision: 2019-10-18 Employment end: 2022-10-27 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	10/10/2019	10/28/2019
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $128,000 /yr I-200-19225-502753 Reported wage: $128,000–$128,000 / year Annualized: $128,000 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2019 Decision: 2019-08-20 Employment end: 2022-09-08 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Gaithersburg, MARYLAND	08/14/2019	09/09/2019
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $129,012.24 /yr I-200-19210-557019 Reported wage: $129,012.24–$129,012.24 / year Annualized: $129,012 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2019 Decision: 2019-08-02 Employment end: 2023-01-15 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MARYLAND	07/29/2019	01/16/2020
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $118,174.68 /yr I-200-19126-102869 Reported wage: $118,174.68–$118,174.68 / year Annualized: $118,175 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2019 Decision: 2019-05-13 Employment end: 2022-09-14 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MARYLAND	05/07/2019	09/15/2019
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $111,140 /yr I-200-19114-517656 Reported wage: $111,140–$111,140 / year Annualized: $111,140 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2019 Decision: 2019-04-30 Employment end: 2022-09-04 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MARYLAND	04/24/2019	09/05/2019
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $106,422.24 /yr I-200-18179-216029 Reported wage: $106,422.24–$106,422.24 / year Annualized: $106,422 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2018 Decision: 2018-07-05 Employment end: 2021-11-29 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	06/28/2018	11/30/2018
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software (Oracle Brm)	Filing details $126,552.37 /yr I-200-18110-155492 Reported wage: $126,552.37–$126,552.37 / year Annualized: $126,552 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2018 Decision: 2018-04-26 Employment end: 2021-07-07 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	04/20/2018	10/12/2018
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software (Oracle Brm)	Filing details $126,552.37 /yr I-200-18102-715557 Reported wage: $126,552.37–$126,552.37 / year Annualized: $126,552 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2018 Decision: 2018-04-18 Employment end: 2021-07-07 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, ME	04/12/2018	10/12/2018
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $107,825.38 /yr I-200-16113-320164 Reported wage: $107,825.38–$107,825.38 / year Annualized: $107,825 Status: Certified - Withdrawn Fiscal year: 2017 Decision: 2017-06-06 Employment end: 2019-10-08 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	04/22/2016	10/09/2016
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $103,300 /yr I-200-17104-186531 Reported wage: $103,300–$103,300 / year Annualized: $103,300 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2017 Decision: 2017-04-20 Employment end: 2020-09-26 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	04/14/2017	09/27/2017
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $122,169.99 /yr I-200-16201-699893 Reported wage: $122,169.99–$122,169.99 / year Annualized: $122,170 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2016 Decision: 2016-07-25 Employment end: 2020-01-15 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	07/19/2016	01/16/2017
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $97,900 /yr I-200-16110-911892 Reported wage: $97,900–$97,900 / year Annualized: $97,900 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2016 Decision: 2016-04-25 Employment end: 2019-09-30 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	04/19/2016	10/01/2016
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $103,043.72 /yr I-200-16103-574391 Reported wage: $103,043.72–$103,043.72 / year Annualized: $103,044 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2016 Decision: 2016-04-18 Employment end: 2019-09-27 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	04/12/2016	09/28/2016
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $103,624.36 /yr I-200-16097-579980 Reported wage: $103,624.36–$103,624.36 / year Annualized: $103,624 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2016 Decision: 2016-04-12 Employment end: 2019-09-26 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	04/06/2016	09/27/2016
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $103,022 /yr I-200-16071-890845 Reported wage: $103,022–$103,022 / year Annualized: $103,022 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2016 Decision: 2016-03-21 Employment end: 2019-09-13 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	03/15/2016	09/14/2016
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $108,000 /yr I-200-16071-415399 Reported wage: $108,000–$108,000 / year Annualized: $108,000 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2016 Decision: 2016-03-17 Employment end: 2019-09-04 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	03/11/2016	09/05/2016
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $100,370 /yr I-200-15363-979283 Reported wage: $100,370–$100,370 / year Annualized: $100,370 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2016 Decision: 2016-01-13 Employment end: 2019-07-07 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	01/07/2016	07/08/2016
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer 1- Software	Filing details $101,899 /yr I-200-15337-487300 Reported wage: $101,899–$101,899 / year Annualized: $101,899 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2016 Decision: 2015-12-16 Employment end: 2019-06-09 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	12/10/2015	06/10/2016

These records describe employer-reported wages, not total compensation. A certified LCA does not establish that a visa was granted or that an employer is currently hiring. Read the methodology and coverage.