Data Engineer Salary in 2025

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

✏️ This salary info is based on 2624 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 101,265 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
2624
Top 10%
$ 223,100
Top 25%
$ 180,000
Median
$ 140,000
Bottom 25%
$ 101,265
Bottom 10%
$ 75,000

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 | 5448 jobs Python | 5352 jobs SQL | 5277 jobs Pipelines | 4945 jobs ETL | 3848 jobs Data pipelines | 3774 jobs AWS | 3476 jobs Architecture | 3331 jobs Azure | 2900 jobs Spark | 2857 jobs Computer Science | 2853 jobs Security | 2656 jobs Agile | 2356 jobs Big Data | 2335 jobs Data quality | 2303 jobs Machine Learning | 2156 jobs Databricks | 2028 jobs GCP | 1993 jobs Snowflake | 1887 jobs CI/CD | 1758 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 | 4244 jobs Health care | 2276 jobs Flex hours | 1656 jobs Competitive pay | 1299 jobs Startup environment | 1250 jobs Team events | 1137 jobs Equity / stock options | 1107 jobs Insurance | 1034 jobs Salary bonus | 996 jobs Flex vacation | 865 jobs Parental leave | 766 jobs Medical leave | 704 jobs Wellness | 568 jobs 401(k) matching | 487 jobs Fitness / gym | 240 jobs Transparency | 225 jobs Relocation support | 219 jobs Gear | 165 jobs Home office stipend | 157 jobs Conferences | 152 jobs

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Data Engineer @ $ 72,164 (Netherlands) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 58,925 (Lithuania) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 56,962 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Engineer @ $ 88,607 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Data Engineer @ $ 47,368 (France) Details
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Data Engineer @ $ 121,400 (Canada) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 125,117 (Australia) Details

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