Provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and enforce the law with integrity and fairness to all. This mission statement describes our role and the public’s expectation about how we should perform that role. In the United States, the Congress passes tax laws and requires taxpayers to comply. The taxpayer’s role is to understand and meet his or her tax obligations. The IRS role is to help the large majority of compliant taxpayers with the tax law, while ensuring that the minority who are unwilling to comply pay their fair share. read more

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IRS Principal Engineer Salary

The average IRS Principal Engineer earns an estimated $175,580 annually, which includes an estimated base salary of $148,498 with a $27,082 bonus. IRS' Principal Engineer compensation is $13,858 more than the US average for a Principal Engineer. Principal Engineer salaries at IRS can range from $58,750 - $445,000.

The Engineering Department at IRS earns $1,434 more on average than the Business Development Department.

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$50k

$85k

$120k

$154k

$2.06M

$175,580

Average Compensation

$148,498: avg. base

$27,082: avg. bonus

Principal Engineer Salaries at IRS

Principal Engineers earn $4,555 more than Principal Engineers, and $1,736 less than Engineering Managers.

Director of Engineering

$211k*

Engineering Manager

$177k*

Principal Engineer

$171k*

Senior Developer

$149k*

Lead Engineer

$144k*

QA Manager

$133k*

Data Scientist

$131k*

Developer

$121k*

DevOps

$110k

$100k*

* estimated salary

Compensation at IRS by Department

The Engineering Department averages $1,434 more than the Business Development Department, and $13,152 less than the Product Department

Product

$138,542 Avg. total comp.

+$13k

Engineering

$125,390 Avg. total comp.

Business Development

$123,956 Avg. total comp.

-$1k

Principal Engineer Compensation by Gender (All Companies)

The average female Principal Engineer at companies similar size to IRS reported making $174,986, while the average male Principal Engineer at similar sized companies reported making $186,024.

Principal Engineer Compensation by Ethnicity (All Companies)

The average Caucasian Principal Engineer at companies similar size to IRS reported making $187,613, while the average Native American Principal Engineer at similar sized companies reported making $124,088.

How Principal Engineers at IRS Rate Their Compensation

The majority of Principal Engineers at IRS believe they're not compensated fairly. 100% of Principal Engineers at IRS say they receive annual bonuses, and the vast majority (84%) are satisfied with their benefits. See more compensation ratings at IRS

Do you believe you're paid fairly?

46% Yes

Does your company give annual bonuses?

100% Yes

100

Are you satisfied with your Benefits?

84% Yes

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