Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 161,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 6244 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Engineer salary lies between USD 122,979 and USD 212,750 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
- 6244
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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 | 51262 jobs Python | 50052 jobs Machine Learning | 36008 jobs Pipelines | 30638 jobs Computer Science | 30233 jobs Architecture | 27620 jobs SQL | 27105 jobs AWS | 26920 jobs Security | 22654 jobs Azure | 19699 jobs Testing | 19553 jobs Data pipelines | 16571 jobs CI/CD | 16046 jobs APIs | 15625 jobs GCP | 15580 jobs Agile | 15495 jobs Research | 15414 jobs ETL | 14605 jobs Java | 14523 jobs Kubernetes | 13318 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 | 43958 jobs Health care | 23110 jobs Equity / stock options | 16195 jobs Flex hours | 15818 jobs Startup environment | 15094 jobs Competitive pay | 14918 jobs Salary bonus | 11384 jobs Team events | 10539 jobs Insurance | 10373 jobs Flex vacation | 10035 jobs Parental leave | 8695 jobs Medical leave | 8558 jobs Wellness | 6231 jobs 401(k) matching | 5435 jobs Relocation support | 3168 jobs Transparency | 2649 jobs Conferences | 2581 jobs Home office stipend | 2145 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1837 jobs Fitness / gym | 1817 jobsRelated salaries
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