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Principal Financial

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General information

Principal Financial Group is an American financial and insurance company. It manages retirement plans, insurance and investments for individuals and businesses. Its 401(k) plans help employees save for retirement, and its annuities give retirees guaranteed income. It also sells IRAs and disability and critical illness insurance. The company is based in Des Moines, United States.

Principal was founded in 1879 as Bankers Life Insurance Company in Des Moines. Three local bankers started it: Edward Temple, Simon Casady, and Phineas M. Casady. Today it trades publicly on Nasdaq as PFG and is part of the S&P 500. At the end of 2025 it had about 19,700 employees, with roughly 9,000 in Des Moines. It made $15.626 billion in revenue that year. A big, public insurance company is still run from the small city where it began.

Currently, there's a total of 139 job openings at Principal Financial. Over the last 30 days, 185 jobs were added and 47 were removed (job postings usually stay up ~5 days before being removed). Historically, the median salary is ~$104,975.1

Website
principal.com
Headquarters
Des Moines, United States
Industry
Financial Services
Category
Insurance

Open jobs

140 open · updated today
Sr Infrastructure Engineer II (Senior Kubernetes EKS Engineer) Engineering & Technology · Des Moines, IA 22 days ago Gerente de Equipo en Entrenamiento / Principal Afore Ventas · Miguel Hidalgo 22 days ago Wealth Management Manager Ventas · Santiago 22 days ago Associate - Insurance Claims Customer Service · Taguig City 22 days ago Senior Software Engineer (HR Leader) Engineering & Technology · Des Moines, IA 22 days ago Communications & Culture LATAM Supervisor Recursos Humanos · Miguel Hidalgo 22 days ago Asesor Sucursal en Entrenamiento / Principal Afore Servicio al Cliente · Miguel Hidalgo 22 days ago Asesor Especializado Fondos de Inversion / Principal Fondos Ventas · Leon 22 days ago IBM BAW Workflow Software Engineer Engineering & Technology · Charlotte, NC 22 days ago Learning & Development Manager Latam Recursos Humanos · Miguel Hidalgo 22 days ago Analista de Tesoreria Contabilidad / Finanzas · Santiago 22 days ago Asesor Patrimonial - Principal Fondos Ventas · Guadalajara 22 days ago Consultant - Data Engineer Engineering & Technology · Hyderabad 22 days ago Experienced Software Engineer (Hybrid) Engineering & Technology · Des Moines, IA 22 days ago Becario PLD - Principal Fondos Cumplimiento · Miguel Hidalgo 22 days ago Senior Software Engineer II – Enterprise AI Consulting & Embedded Experts Engineering & Technology · Des Moines, IA 22 days ago Managing Director - Principal Financial Network (Charlotte) Sales · Charlotte, NC 22 days ago Associate Manager - Security & MDM Investments · Pune 22 days ago Lead Technology Sourcing Consultant (Asset Management) Purchasing/Sourcing · Des Moines, IA 22 days ago Analista de Sistemas Transformación Digital / Sistemas · Santiago 22 days ago

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Pay

What does Principal Financial actually pay? Based on previous and active job listings with specified pay ranges, the median annual pay is $104,975. Note that 77% of jobs don't list any pay information, so figures may be skewed towards cities like NYC, where pay disclosure is mandated for each posting.3

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket
BracketJobs
Under $100k15 jobs (42%)
$100k to $150k20 jobs (56%)
$150k to $200k1 jobs (3%)
$200k and up0 jobs (0%)

Plus 21 hourly jobs at $18.17 to $73.27 an hour.

Posted ranges on jobs open now3

Actuary / Financial Director$141,000 – $191,000
Source to Pay System and Process Lead$130,000 – $160,000
Experienced Software Engineer (AWS - Hybrid Only)$116,000 – $156,000
$56k$191k
Enterprise Data & Analytics Architect$130,000 – $152,000
Sr Infrastructure Engineer II (Senior Kubernetes EKS Engineer)$127,000 – $152,000
HR Business Partner Consultant$110,200 – $148,200
Senior Software Engineer - AWS, Python, Snowflake (Des Moines, IA)$110,200 – $148,200
Experienced Portfolio Manager (Hybrid - Des Moines)$110,200 – $148,200
Sales Manager – Principal Connection$104,400 – $140,400
Advisor Relationship Consultant III$104,400 – $140,400
Compliance Advisor$104,400 – $140,400
Marketing Senior Strategist (Product Marketing)$104,400 – $140,400
Senior Sourcing Consultant$110,200 – $140,000
Managing Director - Principal Financial Network$103,400 – $139,700
Managing Director - Principal Financial Network$94,000 – $127,000
Managing Director - Principal Financial Network (Charlotte)$94,000 – $127,000
Sr Software Engineer I$105,000 – $123,000
Supplier Relationship Manager$89,300 – $120,650
Relationship Manager - Group Benefits (Midwest Region)$89,300 – $120,650
Regional Recruiting Director - Principal Financial Network$84,600 – $114,300
Senior, Participant Experience Consultant$84,600 – $114,300
Customer Experience Manager 2, Principal Advised Services$84,600 – $114,300
Software Engineer III/ Sr. Software Engineer I$95,000 – $112,000
Software Engineer III / Sr. Software Engineer I$95,000 – $112,000
Experienced Software Engineer (Hybrid)$77,000 – $105,000
Experienced Software Engineer$77,000 – $105,000
Product Manager I - Participant & Non-Participant Experience$85,000 – $100,000
Business Intelligence Analyst III$85,000 – $100,000
Financial Analyst III$73,150 – $99,750
Manager, Client Services$84,600 – $99,300
Client Relationship Consultant$68,200 – $92,400
Retirement Education Specialist (Southern California)$68,200 – $92,400
Data Analyst II$75,000 – $88,000
Associate, Marketing Operations$55,800 – $75,600
Marketing Operations Associate$55,800 – $75,600
Internal Wholesaler - Advisory$55,800 – $65,700

Hourly jobs

Funds Specialist$41 – $73 an hour
Production Specialist I$20 – $41 an hour
New Business Consultant$31 – $41 an hour
Associate Client Documents & Systems Analyst$23 – $41 an hour
Business Operations Associate PPN$23 – $41 an hour
Claim Analyst 3$23 – $41 an hour
Advisor Relationship Associate$23 – $38 an hour
Paid Family Medical Leave Claim Analyst 2$20 – $36 an hour
BD Customer Experience Specialist I$20 – $36 an hour
Site Coordinator$25 – $34 an hour
Financial Services Marketing Consultant$24 – $32 an hour
Retirement Ops Specialist 1$18 – $32 an hour
Processing Specialist I$18 – $32 an hour
Customer Experience Specialist 1 - Group Administration$18 – $32 an hour
Software Engineer Internship - Charlotte, NC (Summer 2027)$28 – $30 an hour
New Business Case Coordinator$18 – $29 an hour
Securities Operations Specialist – Principal Custody Solutions$22 – $29 an hour
Actuarial Internship (Summer 2027)$24 – $29 an hour
Sales Desk Consultant$24 – $28 an hour
Financial Analyst Intern (Summer 2027)$24 – $26 an hour
Principal Asset Management - Commercial Real Estate Intern (Summer 2027)$23 – $25 an hour

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Common questions

Is Principal Financial hiring now?

Yes. There are 140 open jobs.

How much does Principal Financial pay?

Posted pay runs $55,800 to $191,000 a year, and the median is $104,975. We only show pay the company printed itself, never estimates.

Hiring trend: available after 60 days of clean history · tracking since August 2026. Velocity stats appear after 60 days of clean history. We're on day 28.

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Notes & sources

420 daily listing observations, Aug 23 to Sep 14 windowRechecked daily, last September 14, 2026
  1. 1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from Principal Financial's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
  2. 2. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on Principal Financial's own hiring system; last check September 14, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
  3. 3. Posted pay. Ranges extracted from the text of Principal Financial's own listings; a range appears only when the employer printed one. Extraction is still rolling out, so this table can lag the board.

Sources
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