Engineer Salary in 2025
💰 The median Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 159,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 5928 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 211,750 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
- 5928
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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 | 43756 jobs Python | 42964 jobs Machine Learning | 30723 jobs Pipelines | 26066 jobs Computer Science | 26054 jobs SQL | 23421 jobs Architecture | 23399 jobs AWS | 23109 jobs Security | 19194 jobs Azure | 16883 jobs Testing | 16548 jobs Data pipelines | 14166 jobs CI/CD | 13562 jobs GCP | 13397 jobs Agile | 13375 jobs Research | 13222 jobs APIs | 13134 jobs ETL | 12688 jobs Java | 12519 jobs Spark | 11482 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 | 37638 jobs Health care | 19847 jobs Equity / stock options | 13946 jobs Flex hours | 13567 jobs Startup environment | 12892 jobs Competitive pay | 12768 jobs Salary bonus | 9625 jobs Team events | 8984 jobs Insurance | 8920 jobs Flex vacation | 8679 jobs Parental leave | 7457 jobs Medical leave | 7315 jobs Wellness | 5345 jobs 401(k) matching | 4697 jobs Relocation support | 2724 jobs Transparency | 2280 jobs Conferences | 2214 jobs Home office stipend | 1850 jobs Fitness / gym | 1598 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1587 jobsRelated salaries
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