RateOrchard
Specialty Profile · Florida

Principal Engineer salary in Florida

A real-employer view of Principal Engineer pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Principal Engineer in Florida: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 13 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $120,000. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry4$74,069
Level II — qualified1$84,700
Level IV — fully competent6$129,700

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Principal Engineer in Florida. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
NextEra Energy Resources, LLCPrincipal Engineer3$164,500
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Senior Engineer2$122,957
Quanta Technology LLCPrincipal Engineer1$135,000
Sysmex America, Inc.Engineer II, Service1$70,138
Descartes Systems USA LLCEngineer1$81,682
Talquin Electric Cooperative, Inc.Engineer1$84,700
Hazen and Sawyer, D.P.C.Assistant Engineer II1$67,621
CHA Consulting, Inc.Engineer I1$78,000
American Electric PowerEngineer Principal1$120,000
Lee County Electric Cooperative, IncEngineer II, Substation Design1$108,805

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Principal Engineer at NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
    $164,500
    Juno BeachDecided Nov 14, 2025I-200-25310-381299
  • Principal Engineer at Quanta Technology LLC
    $135,000
    TallahasseeWage Level IVDecided Aug 26, 2025I-200-25231-252871
  • Engineer II, Service at Sysmex America, Inc.
    $70,138
    DoralWage Level IDecided Jun 26, 2025I-200-25170-112744
  • Engineer at Descartes Systems USA LLC
    $81,682
    OrlandoWage Level IDecided Jun 25, 2025I-200-25168-102886
  • Engineer at Talquin Electric Cooperative, Inc.
    $84,700
    QuincyWage Level IIDecided Jun 13, 2025I-200-25157-064827
  • Assistant Engineer II at Hazen and Sawyer, D.P.C.
    $67,621
    Coral GablesWage Level IDecided Jun 11, 2025I-200-25155-053673
  • Principal Engineer at NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
    $140,000
    Juno BeachWage Level IVDecided May 28, 2025I-200-25140-997217
  • Engineer I at CHA Consulting, Inc.
    $78,000
    TampaWage Level IDecided Apr 22, 2025I-200-25105-864949

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.