Data Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 140,000

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 100,960 and USD 180,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Data Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
3337
Top 10%
$ 222,000
Top 25%
$ 180,000
Median
$ 140,000
Bottom 25%
$ 100,960
Bottom 10%
$ 74,051

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Data Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and SQL. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 7383 jobs Python | 7242 jobs SQL | 7104 jobs Pipelines | 6736 jobs ETL | 5201 jobs Data pipelines | 5179 jobs AWS | 4751 jobs Architecture | 4505 jobs Azure | 3919 jobs Computer Science | 3852 jobs Spark | 3841 jobs Security | 3548 jobs Data quality | 3170 jobs Agile | 3113 jobs Big Data | 3102 jobs Machine Learning | 2854 jobs GCP | 2765 jobs Databricks | 2691 jobs Snowflake | 2575 jobs Airflow | 2462 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 5691 jobs Health care | 3058 jobs Flex hours | 2264 jobs Competitive pay | 1791 jobs Startup environment | 1759 jobs Team events | 1580 jobs Equity / stock options | 1460 jobs Salary bonus | 1350 jobs Insurance | 1347 jobs Flex vacation | 1233 jobs Parental leave | 1009 jobs Medical leave | 931 jobs Wellness | 760 jobs 401(k) matching | 630 jobs Fitness / gym | 315 jobs Relocation support | 299 jobs Transparency | 298 jobs Gear | 218 jobs Conferences | 217 jobs Home office stipend | 216 jobs

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Data Engineer @ $ 31,578 (Slovakia) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 69,820 (Netherlands) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 59,829 (Lithuania) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 56,962 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Engineer @ $ 88,607 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Engineer @ $ 63,291 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Engineer @ $ 75,949 (United Kingdom) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 47,368 (France) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 88,947 (Germany) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 118,250 (Canada) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 125,316 (Australia) Details

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