Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 160,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 1030 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Engineer salary lies between USD 123,130 and USD 212,800 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.
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- Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 1030
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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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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 | 8611 jobs Python | 8553 jobs Machine Learning | 6123 jobs Computer Science | 5362 jobs Pipelines | 4957 jobs SQL | 4741 jobs Architecture | 4513 jobs AWS | 4470 jobs Security | 3667 jobs Azure | 3262 jobs Testing | 3220 jobs Data pipelines | 2870 jobs Agile | 2773 jobs Research | 2700 jobs ETL | 2636 jobs GCP | 2599 jobs Java | 2593 jobs Spark | 2433 jobs APIs | 2419 jobs CI/CD | 2360 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 | 7635 jobs Health care | 4162 jobs Equity / stock options | 2885 jobs Flex hours | 2718 jobs Competitive pay | 2481 jobs Startup environment | 2426 jobs Salary bonus | 1900 jobs Insurance | 1840 jobs Team events | 1800 jobs Flex vacation | 1730 jobs Medical leave | 1512 jobs Parental leave | 1459 jobs Wellness | 1060 jobs 401(k) matching | 951 jobs Relocation support | 570 jobs Conferences | 483 jobs Transparency | 443 jobs Home office stipend | 373 jobs Fitness / gym | 346 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 340 jobsRelated salaries
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