Data Infrastructure Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Data Infrastructure Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 185,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 20 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Infrastructure Engineer salary lies between USD 130,295 and USD 231,770 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 Infrastructure Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
20
Top 10%
$ 260,590
Top 25%
$ 231,770
Median
$ 185,000
Bottom 25%
$ 130,295
Bottom 10%
$ 101,052

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 Infrastructure Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Infrastructure Engineer job listings are AWS, Python and Engineering. 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:

AWS | 22 jobs Python | 21 jobs Engineering | 21 jobs Pipelines | 20 jobs Terraform | 18 jobs Kafka | 14 jobs Airflow | 14 jobs Streaming | 13 jobs Spark | 12 jobs Machine Learning | 11 jobs Kubernetes | 11 jobs Data pipelines | 11 jobs Flink | 10 jobs Architecture | 10 jobs Snowflake | 9 jobs Big Data | 8 jobs Redshift | 8 jobs SQL | 8 jobs BigQuery | 8 jobs Kinesis | 8 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Infrastructure Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Infrastructure Engineer job listings are Career development, Competitive pay and Startup environment. 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 | 15 jobs Competitive pay | 10 jobs Startup environment | 9 jobs Health care | 7 jobs Equity / stock options | 6 jobs Team events | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Lunch / meals | 1 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Flex hours | 1 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs

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Data Infrastructure Engineer @ $ 168,560 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Infrastructure Engineer @ $ 186,500 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Infrastructure Engineer @ $ 186,500 (United States) Details
Data Infrastructure Engineer @ $ 186,500 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Infrastructure Engineer @ $ 200,165 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details

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