Data Engineer Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 150,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 2042 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 113,360 and USD 185,000 in the United States. 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
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
2042
Top 10%
$ 227,900
Top 25%
$ 185,000
Median
$ 150,000
Bottom 25%
$ 113,360
Bottom 10%
$ 88,000

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 | 5401 jobs Python | 5300 jobs SQL | 5227 jobs Pipelines | 4893 jobs ETL | 3806 jobs Data pipelines | 3733 jobs AWS | 3436 jobs Architecture | 3298 jobs Azure | 2872 jobs Spark | 2834 jobs Computer Science | 2826 jobs Security | 2628 jobs Agile | 2330 jobs Big Data | 2320 jobs Data quality | 2280 jobs Machine Learning | 2139 jobs Databricks | 2006 jobs GCP | 1974 jobs Snowflake | 1870 jobs CI/CD | 1742 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 | 4201 jobs Health care | 2260 jobs Flex hours | 1644 jobs Competitive pay | 1291 jobs Startup environment | 1233 jobs Team events | 1125 jobs Equity / stock options | 1099 jobs Insurance | 1026 jobs Salary bonus | 988 jobs Flex vacation | 860 jobs Parental leave | 757 jobs Medical leave | 697 jobs Wellness | 561 jobs 401(k) matching | 483 jobs Fitness / gym | 236 jobs Transparency | 223 jobs Relocation support | 219 jobs Gear | 163 jobs Home office stipend | 155 jobs Conferences | 152 jobs

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Data Engineer @ $ 160,142 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Engineer @ $ 190,000 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Data Engineer @ $ 72,164 (Netherlands) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 63,291 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Engineer @ $ 56,962 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Engineer @ $ 75,949 (United Kingdom) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 88,607 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Engineer @ $ 121,400 (Canada) Details

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