Engineer Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 162,800

✏️ This salary info is based on 5532 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Engineer salary lies between USD 124,000 and USD 213,000 in the United States. 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
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
5532
Top 10%
$ 270,000
Top 25%
$ 213,000
Median
$ 162,800
Bottom 25%
$ 124,000
Bottom 10%
$ 95,200

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 | 44708 jobs Python | 43841 jobs Machine Learning | 31369 jobs Pipelines | 26607 jobs Computer Science | 26564 jobs Architecture | 23902 jobs SQL | 23874 jobs AWS | 23572 jobs Security | 19582 jobs Azure | 17199 jobs Testing | 16911 jobs Data pipelines | 14450 jobs CI/CD | 13870 jobs GCP | 13666 jobs Agile | 13630 jobs Research | 13502 jobs APIs | 13446 jobs ETL | 12932 jobs Java | 12774 jobs Spark | 11687 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 | 38421 jobs Health care | 20233 jobs Equity / stock options | 14246 jobs Flex hours | 13816 jobs Startup environment | 13171 jobs Competitive pay | 13029 jobs Salary bonus | 9832 jobs Team events | 9194 jobs Insurance | 9086 jobs Flex vacation | 8843 jobs Parental leave | 7602 jobs Medical leave | 7455 jobs Wellness | 5462 jobs 401(k) matching | 4784 jobs Relocation support | 2788 jobs Transparency | 2309 jobs Conferences | 2270 jobs Home office stipend | 1893 jobs Fitness / gym | 1624 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1610 jobs

Related salaries

Engineer @ $ 135,850 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 87,461 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 234,000 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 159,500 (global) Details
Engineer @ $ 170,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 237,400 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 173,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 140,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 91,450 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 65,356 (Poland) Details
Engineer @ $ 132,631 (Netherlands) Details
Engineer @ $ 89,473 (Netherlands) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 41,052 (Lithuania) Details
Engineer @ $ 81,316 (India) Details
Engineer @ $ 101,265 (United Kingdom) Details
Engineer @ $ 79,003 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 113,924 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 87,423 (Germany) Details
Engineer @ $ 71,052 (Germany) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 125,000 (Canada) Details
Engineer @ $ 81,300 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 140,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 206,855 (Canada) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 103,428 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 64,147 (Austria) Details

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