Principal Engineer Salaries in Santa Clara
Explore Principal Engineer salaries across 4 jobs in Santa Clara
Average salary range
$249k – $382.6k
Based on 4 jobs · 7% more than the average Principal Engineer salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$229k
Average
$315.8k
75th percentile
$431.3k
Principal Engineer salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | $249k – $382.6k | 4 |
Top paying titles in Santa Clara
Hardware Engineering
Avg. $153.7k – $305.4k · 95 jobs
Software Engineering
Avg. $171.6k – $315.3k · 81 jobs
AI Engineering
Avg. $183.9k – $335.8k · 35 jobs
Electrical Engineering
Avg. $143k – $307.7k · 33 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $192.9k – $338.0k · 30 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $173.5k – $309.1k · 29 jobs
Top paying skills in Santa Clara
Python
Avg. $164.1k – $302.4k · 205 jobs
C++
Avg. $162.5k – $298.6k · 119 jobs
Deep Learning
Avg. $172.2k – $307.8k · 74 jobs
CUDA
Avg. $166.1k – $291.7k · 70 jobs
Linux
Avg. $164.6k – $292.9k · 62 jobs
PyTorch
Avg. $165.4k – $300.4k · 62 jobs
Principal Engineer salary FAQs for Santa Clara
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.