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Principal Engineer
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Principal Engineer · Arm, Inc. · All reported locations

For Principal Engineer at Arm, Inc. in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $161,179. The sample denominator is 13 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.

Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.

Coverage refreshed 2026-10-18. Refresh dates can differ from when compensation was earned or wages were offered.

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Principal Engineer · TSMC Technology, Inc. · All reported locations

For Principal Engineer at TSMC Technology, Inc. in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $161,179. The sample denominator is 12 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.

Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.

Coverage refreshed 2026-10-18. Refresh dates can differ from when compensation was earned or wages were offered.

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Principal Engineer · CommVault Systems,Inc. · All reported locations

For Principal Engineer at CommVault Systems,Inc. in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $176,700. The sample denominator is 9 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.

Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.

Coverage refreshed 2026-10-18. Refresh dates can differ from when compensation was earned or wages were offered.

View benchmark details Cite Wages.fyi

Only public source benchmarks with at least five samples and a disclosed median appear here. Samples can overlap and are never added into an employee total. Source sampling methods apply; published sample counts are not guaranteed to represent unique employees. Missing pay components stay undisclosed. Methodology.

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EMPLOYER / ROLE	TOTAL COMP	BASE SALARY	STOCK / YEAR	CASH BONUS	CONTEXT
AI Arm, Inc.Principal EngineerAll reported locations	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$161,179	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort13 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
TT TSMC Technology, Inc.Principal EngineerAll reported locations	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$161,179	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort12 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
CS CommVault Systems,Inc.Principal EngineerAll reported locations	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$176,700	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort9 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
IT Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.Principal EngineerAll reported locations	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$175,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort9 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
SS SambaNova Systems Inc.Principal EngineerAll reported locations	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$186,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort8 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
IM ICE MORTGAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.Principal EngineerAll reported locations	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$197,500	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort7 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
AU Atlassian US, Inc.Principal EngineerAll reported locations	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$260,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort6 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
HP Hewlett Packard Enterprise CompanyPrincipal EngineerAll reported locations	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$153,317	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
PA Palo Alto Networks, Inc.Principal EngineerAll reported locations	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$212,867	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
M MajescoPrincipal EngineerAll reported locations	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$141,487	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026

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