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
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.
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- Engineer
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- global/worldwide
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- 2025
- Sample size
- 3414
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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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 | 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 jobsTop 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 jobsRelated salaries
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