Principal Software Engineer Salaries in Illinois
Average base salary
$134,351
↘ 4% below national average
Average
$134,351Low $124,946
High $150,473
The average salary for Principal Software Engineer jobs near Illinois is $159,030.*
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RB Global
Westchester, IL
Excellent communication skills; able to explain complex technical concepts and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical partners across Ops, Business,…
$171,290 - $256,990 a year
Principal Software Engineer
Radwell International
Downers Grove, IL
The Principal Software Engineer operates at the intersection of deep technical execution, enterprise architecture, and engineering leadership, setting the…
$140,000 - $180,000 a year
Principal Software Engineer
Wintrust Financial Corporation
Rosemont, IL
3 years of experience with Object-oriented analysis and design principles and design patterns to build reusable code in Apex.
$199,902.23 a year
Principal Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Rolling Meadows, IL
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering discipline with a minimum of 5 years of engineering experience, or a…
$108,800 - $163,200 a year
9 days ago
Sr Principal Engineer, Automation Projects
Baxter
Round Lake, IL
Investigate manufacturing and field performance issues, identify root causes, and implement sustainable equipment and process improvements.
$128,000 - $176,000 a year
Principal Software Engineer
Caterpillar
Chicago, IL
Software Product Technical Knowledge: Strong expertise in technical aspects of a software products; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects…
$147,760 - $240,110 a year
Top Paying Cities for Principal Software Engineer
- San Mateo, CA
- $311,359
- avg per year
- Bellevue, NY
- $310,667
- avg per year
- Woodstock, IL
- $309,500
- avg per year
- Globe, AZ
- $307,048
- avg per year
- Denton, TX
- $290,000
- avg per year
- Champaign, IL
- $279,143
- avg per year
- Adamsville, AL
- $277,487
- avg per year
- Foster City, CA
- $274,509
- avg per year
- Glendale, CA
- $262,490
- avg per year
- Mountain View, OR
- $260,431
- avg per year
- Menlo Park, CA
- $257,740
- avg per year
- Washington, CA
- $252,250
- avg per year
Top 4 Related Jobs and Salaries
- Back End Developer
- $161,208
- increased by1.4%
- Cloud Engineer
- $131,841
- decreased by17.1%
- Devops Engineer
- $127,265
- decreased by20.0%
- Programmer
- $84,842
- decreased by46.7%
Highest paying cities for Principal Software Engineer
- Chicago, IL15 jobs
- Rolling Meadows, IL8 jobs
- Brookfield, WI4 jobs
- Deerfield, IL2 jobs
- null, IL2 jobs
- Menomonee Falls, WI2 jobs
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