Data Platform Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Data Platform Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 178,670
✏️ This salary info is based on 16 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Data Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 122,500 and USD 196,600 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.
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- Data Platform Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 16
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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.
Last updated:Top 20 Job Tags for Data Platform Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Platform Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering and Pipelines. 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:
Python | 76 jobs Engineering | 70 jobs Pipelines | 63 jobs Machine Learning | 57 jobs AWS | 53 jobs Security | 46 jobs Architecture | 46 jobs SQL | 42 jobs Terraform | 42 jobs Data pipelines | 38 jobs ETL | 36 jobs CI/CD | 35 jobs Spark | 32 jobs Airflow | 32 jobs Agile | 32 jobs DevOps | 32 jobs Computer Science | 31 jobs Docker | 30 jobs Data governance | 30 jobs Data quality | 29 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Platform Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Platform Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care 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 | 64 jobs Health care | 33 jobs Startup environment | 33 jobs Competitive pay | 31 jobs Equity / stock options | 27 jobs Team events | 25 jobs Flex hours | 22 jobs Salary bonus | 22 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs Flex vacation | 10 jobs Wellness | 10 jobs Relocation support | 6 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 6 jobs Parental leave | 5 jobs Gear | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Fertility benefits | 3 jobsRelated salaries
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