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Principal Consultant salary in North Carolina

A real-employer view of Principal Consultant 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 August 1, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Principal Consultant in North Carolina: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 3 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $113,173. 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 II — qualified1$102,773
Level III — experienced1$113,173
Level IV — fully competent1$160,000

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Principal Consultant in North Carolina. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings. Click a company for its full H-1B salary breakdown.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
HITACHI ENERGY USA INC.Principal Consultant2$136,587
WSP USA Inc.Senior Consultant, Electrical Engineer1$102,773

Recent sample filings

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

  • Senior Consultant, Electrical Engineer at WSP USA Inc.
    $102,773
    RaleighWage Level IIDecided May 20, 2025I-200-25133-969592
  • Senior Consultant at HITACHI ENERGY USA INC.
    $113,173
    RaleighWage Level IIIDecided Apr 2, 2025I-200-25085-804979
  • Principal Consultant at HITACHI ENERGY USA INC.
    $160,000
    RaleighWage Level IVDecided Nov 12, 2024I-200-24309-452523

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 Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.