Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 160,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 3414 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 213,000 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
Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
3414
Top 10%
$ 272,000
Top 25%
$ 213,000
Median
$ 160,000
Bottom 25%
$ 120,000
Bottom 10%
$ 89,600

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 Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Machine Learning. 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 | 25696 jobs Python | 25475 jobs Machine Learning | 18310 jobs Computer Science | 15506 jobs Pipelines | 15052 jobs SQL | 13902 jobs AWS | 13667 jobs Architecture | 13513 jobs Security | 11066 jobs Azure | 9839 jobs Testing | 9532 jobs Data pipelines | 8437 jobs Research | 8048 jobs GCP | 7871 jobs Agile | 7849 jobs ETL | 7593 jobs CI/CD | 7586 jobs Java | 7528 jobs APIs | 7319 jobs Spark | 6952 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. 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 | 22467 jobs Health care | 11820 jobs Equity / stock options | 8471 jobs Flex hours | 8065 jobs Startup environment | 7691 jobs Competitive pay | 7627 jobs Salary bonus | 5644 jobs Team events | 5430 jobs Insurance | 5306 jobs Flex vacation | 5187 jobs Parental leave | 4441 jobs Medical leave | 4381 jobs Wellness | 3164 jobs 401(k) matching | 2738 jobs Relocation support | 1637 jobs Conferences | 1351 jobs Transparency | 1332 jobs Home office stipend | 1123 jobs Fitness / gym | 1016 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 937 jobs

Related salaries

Engineer @ $ 140,000 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 87,423 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 235,400 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 170,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 90,450 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 239,900 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 164,550 (United States) Details
Engineer @ $ 173,100 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 142,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 160,000 (Netherlands) Details
Engineer @ $ 113,924 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 111,771 (United Kingdom) Details
Engineer @ $ 79,003 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 206,855 (Canada) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 85,714 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 81,300 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 139,700 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 125,100 (Canada) Details
Engineer @ $ 64,147 (Austria) Details

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