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Principal Engineer salary in Colorado

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 Colorado: 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: $110,660. 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 — entry2$92,666
Level IV — fully competent1$122,346

Top employers filing for this role

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

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Comcast Cable Communications, LLCEngineer 4, Product Development Engineering2$98,509
Charter Communications Inc.Principal Engineer I1$110,660

Recent sample filings

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

  • Principal Engineer I at Charter Communications Inc.
    $110,660
    EnglewoodWage Level IDecided Aug 18, 2025I-200-25223-233884
  • Engineer 4, Product Development Engineering at Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    $122,346
    EnglewoodWage Level IVDecided Mar 14, 2025I-200-25066-756955
  • Engineer 3, Product Development Engineering at Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    $74,672
    EnglewoodWage Level IDecided Dec 30, 2024I-200-24354-556979

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 Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.