Engineer Salary in 2025

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

✏️ This salary info is based on 4194 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 212,800 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
4194
Top 10%
$ 270,000
Top 25%
$ 212,800
Median
$ 160,000
Bottom 25%
$ 120,000
Bottom 10%
$ 90,000

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 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 | 31142 jobs Python | 30757 jobs Machine Learning | 22041 jobs Computer Science | 18677 jobs Pipelines | 18280 jobs SQL | 16725 jobs AWS | 16565 jobs Architecture | 16442 jobs Security | 13471 jobs Azure | 11923 jobs Testing | 11618 jobs Data pipelines | 10127 jobs Research | 9594 jobs GCP | 9577 jobs Agile | 9551 jobs CI/CD | 9287 jobs ETL | 9130 jobs Java | 9059 jobs APIs | 9009 jobs Spark | 8338 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 | 26984 jobs Health care | 14297 jobs Equity / stock options | 10234 jobs Flex hours | 9656 jobs Startup environment | 9267 jobs Competitive pay | 9256 jobs Salary bonus | 6931 jobs Team events | 6573 jobs Insurance | 6453 jobs Flex vacation | 6257 jobs Parental leave | 5353 jobs Medical leave | 5268 jobs Wellness | 3848 jobs 401(k) matching | 3362 jobs Relocation support | 1965 jobs Conferences | 1639 jobs Transparency | 1625 jobs Home office stipend | 1343 jobs Fitness / gym | 1227 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1139 jobs

Related salaries

Engineer @ $ 170,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 235,400 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 90,450 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 138,000 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 239,900 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 172,750 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 163,650 (United States) Details
Engineer @ $ 141,422 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 95,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 89,473 (Netherlands) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 132,631 (Netherlands) Details
Engineer @ $ 102,056 (United Kingdom) Details
Engineer @ $ 77,277 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 113,924 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 87,423 (Germany) Details
Engineer @ $ 140,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 81,300 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 206,855 (Canada) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 111,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 125,400 (Canada) Details
Engineer @ $ 64,147 (Austria) Details

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