Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 159,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 2488 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
2488
Top 10%
$ 273,931
Top 25%
$ 213,000
Median
$ 159,000
Bottom 25%
$ 120,000
Bottom 10%
$ 87,100

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

Engineer Salary TrendYearly salary in USD - Region: Global - Experience: All levels$160,200$160,200$159,900$159,900$159,600$159,600$159,300$159,300$159,000$159,000$158,700$158,7002024202420252025
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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 | 19750 jobs Python | 19663 jobs Machine Learning | 14173 jobs Computer Science | 12192 jobs Pipelines | 11436 jobs SQL | 10771 jobs Architecture | 10449 jobs AWS | 10407 jobs Security | 8606 jobs Azure | 7616 jobs Testing | 7333 jobs Data pipelines | 6518 jobs Research | 6245 jobs Agile | 6184 jobs GCP | 6035 jobs ETL | 5965 jobs Java | 5949 jobs APIs | 5631 jobs CI/CD | 5621 jobs Spark | 5438 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 | 17373 jobs Health care | 9201 jobs Equity / stock options | 6509 jobs Flex hours | 6224 jobs Startup environment | 5756 jobs Competitive pay | 5745 jobs Salary bonus | 4278 jobs Team events | 4154 jobs Insurance | 4136 jobs Flex vacation | 3969 jobs Parental leave | 3452 jobs Medical leave | 3419 jobs Wellness | 2446 jobs 401(k) matching | 2133 jobs Relocation support | 1285 jobs Transparency | 1051 jobs Conferences | 1051 jobs Home office stipend | 867 jobs Fitness / gym | 804 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 707 jobs

Related salaries

Engineer @ $ 134,800 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 88,919 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 232,000 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 170,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 92,950 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 238,350 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 160,000 (United States) Details
Engineer @ $ 173,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 136,300 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 160,000 (Netherlands) Details
Engineer @ $ 113,924 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 106,233 (United Kingdom) Details
Engineer @ $ 68,274 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 81,300 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 82,971 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 114,000 (Canada) Details
Engineer @ $ 136,700 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details

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