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Principal Engineer Ii - Software

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Principal Engineer Ii - Software insights

Official U.S. DOL records

Total filings24All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

Median yearly base salary$151,74122 eligible salary records

Employer names2Distinct reported names

Typical salary range$140,414–$154,920Middle 50% of yearly wages

Filing & salary trends

How reported activity and wages changed over time

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

FY 2026*4 filings$151,969 median · n=3

*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

$150k–$175kMost common wage band

$0$125k$250k+

$25k bands · 22 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 Ii - Software24

$151,741 median · n=22 eligible

Top 1 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, MD20

$151,780 median · n=18 eligible

Gaithersburg, MD3

$140,000 median · n=3 eligible

Germantown, MARYLAND1

$115,238 median · n=1 eligible

Top 3 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

91.7%Certified LCAs

Certified22 91.7%

Withdrawn2 8.3%

Denominator: all 24 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 LLC24

$151,741 median · n=22 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

$151,741Median reported annual base wage

10th percentile$129,852

25th percentile$140,414

Median (50th)$151,741

75th percentile$154,920

90th percentile$169,120

n=22 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

24 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 Ii - Software	Filing details $160,460.8 /yr I-200-26166-015292 Reported wage: $160,460.8 / year Annualized: $160,461 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2026 Decision: 2026-06-23 Employment end: 2029-11-06 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	06/15/2026	11/07/2026
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $151,969.07 /yr I-200-25322-418696 Reported wage: $151,969.07 / year Annualized: $151,969 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2026 Decision: 2025-11-25 Employment end: 2029-04-14 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	11/18/2025	04/15/2026
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $151,819.35 /yr I-200-25322-419028 Reported wage: $151,819.35 / year Annualized: $151,819 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2026 Decision: 2025-11-25 Employment end: 2029-04-30 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	11/18/2025	05/01/2026
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $151,969.07 /yr I-200-25317-404182 Reported wage: $151,969.07 / year Annualized: $151,969 Status: Withdrawn Fiscal year: 2026 Decision: 2025-11-14 Employment end: 2029-04-14 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	11/13/2025	04/15/2026
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $130,491.75 /yr I-200-25216-220401 Reported wage: $130,491.75 / year Annualized: $130,492 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2025 Decision: 2025-08-11 Employment end: 2028-09-11 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	08/04/2025	09/12/2025
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $175,468.39 /yr I-200-25169-107558 Reported wage: $175,468.39 / year Annualized: $175,468 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2025 Decision: 2025-06-26 Employment end: 2028-12-17 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	06/18/2025	12/18/2025
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $198,384.13 /yr I-200-25083-797335 Reported wage: $198,384.13 / year Annualized: $198,384 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2025 Decision: 2025-03-31 Employment end: 2028-09-04 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	03/24/2025	09/05/2025
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $152,438.04 /yr I-200-25072-772084 Reported wage: $152,438.04 / year Annualized: $152,438 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2025 Decision: 2025-03-20 Employment end: 2028-09-08 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	03/13/2025	09/09/2025
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $151,740.93 /yr I-200-24339-517188 Reported wage: $151,740.93 / year Annualized: $151,741 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2025 Decision: 2024-12-11 Employment end: 2028-03-21 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	12/04/2024	03/22/2025
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $151,740.93 /yr I-200-24305-444749 Reported wage: $151,740.93 / year Annualized: $151,741 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2025 Decision: 2024-11-07 Employment end: 2028-04-24 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	10/31/2024	04/25/2025
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $155,000 /yr I-200-24256-333251 Reported wage: $155,000 / year Annualized: $155,000 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2024 Decision: 2024-09-19 Employment end: 2027-10-25 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	09/12/2024	10/26/2024
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $144,200 /yr I-200-24149-042576 Reported wage: $144,200 / year Annualized: $144,200 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2024 Decision: 2024-06-04 Employment end: 2027-11-25 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	05/28/2024	11/26/2024
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $169,732.79 /yr I-200-24095-858459 Reported wage: $169,732.79 / year Annualized: $169,733 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2024 Decision: 2024-04-11 Employment end: 2027-08-31 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Gaithersburg, MD	04/04/2024	09/01/2024
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $145,000 /yr I-200-23172-133515 Reported wage: $145,000 / year Annualized: $145,000 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2023 Decision: 2023-06-28 Employment end: 2026-04-14 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	06/21/2023	06/22/2023
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $163,606.34 /yr I-200-23129-004891 Reported wage: $163,606.34 / year Annualized: $163,606 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2023 Decision: 2023-05-16 Employment end: 2026-09-07 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	05/09/2023	09/08/2023
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $145,000 /yr I-200-23090-892740 Reported wage: $145,000 / year Annualized: $145,000 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2023 Decision: 2023-04-07 Employment end: 2026-04-14 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	03/31/2023	04/15/2023
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $154,679.35 /yr I-200-22179-316837 Reported wage: $154,679.35 / year Annualized: $154,679 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2022 Decision: 2022-07-06 Employment end: 2025-12-17 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	06/28/2022	12/18/2022
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $154,679.35 /yr I-200-22178-314146 Reported wage: $154,679.35 / year Annualized: $154,679 Status: Withdrawn Fiscal year: 2022 Decision: 2022-06-28 Employment end: 2025-12-17 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	06/27/2022	12/18/2022
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $141,655.09 /yr I-200-22101-056018 Reported wage: $141,655.09 / year Annualized: $141,655 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2022 Decision: 2022-04-18 Employment end: 2025-04-24 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	04/11/2022	04/25/2022
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $140,000 /yr I-200-20280-860382 Reported wage: $140,000 / year Annualized: $140,000 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2021 Decision: 2020-10-14 Employment end: 2023-11-14 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Gaithersburg, MD	10/06/2020	11/15/2020
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $124,051 /yr I-200-20115-516748 Reported wage: $124,051 / year Annualized: $124,051 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2020 Decision: 2020-05-01 Employment end: 2023-09-07 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	04/24/2020	09/08/2020
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $140,000 /yr I-200-20014-252161 Reported wage: $140,000 / year Annualized: $140,000 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2020 Decision: 2020-01-21 Employment end: 2023-02-15 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Gaithersburg, MD	01/14/2020	02/16/2020
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $115,237.72 /yr I-200-18351-948409 Reported wage: $115,237.72–$115,237.72 / year Annualized: $115,238 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2019 Decision: 2019-01-22 Employment end: 2022-06-09 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MARYLAND	01/15/2019	06/10/2019
Hughes Network Systems LLC	Principal Engineer Ii - Software	Filing details $129,780.56 /yr I-200-18277-271926 Reported wage: $129,780.56–$129,780.56 / year Annualized: $129,781 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2019 Decision: 2018-10-16 Employment end: Not disclosed Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Germantown, MD	10/10/2018	—

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.