Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 162,350

✏️ This salary info is based on 56 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Engineer salary lies between USD 114,000 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
56
Top 10%
$ 282,000
Top 25%
$ 212,800
Median
$ 162,350
Bottom 25%
$ 114,000
Bottom 10%
$ 105,100

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 | 857 jobs Python | 798 jobs Machine Learning | 583 jobs Computer Science | 555 jobs Pipelines | 486 jobs SQL | 473 jobs Architecture | 462 jobs AWS | 431 jobs Security | 373 jobs Azure | 329 jobs Testing | 328 jobs Data pipelines | 290 jobs Spark | 287 jobs ETL | 284 jobs Research | 281 jobs Agile | 270 jobs GCP | 265 jobs Java | 240 jobs APIs | 235 jobs Big Data | 225 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 | 773 jobs Health care | 404 jobs Equity / stock options | 274 jobs Flex hours | 269 jobs Startup environment | 252 jobs Competitive pay | 234 jobs Team events | 200 jobs Insurance | 196 jobs Flex vacation | 181 jobs Salary bonus | 181 jobs Parental leave | 150 jobs Medical leave | 148 jobs Wellness | 86 jobs 401(k) matching | 80 jobs Relocation support | 69 jobs Conferences | 55 jobs Transparency | 51 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 42 jobs Fertility benefits | 38 jobs Home office stipend | 32 jobs

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