Engineer Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 162,100

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Salary details

The average Engineer salary lies between USD 123,200 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
5320
Top 10%
$ 270,000
Top 25%
$ 213,000
Median
$ 162,100
Bottom 25%
$ 123,200
Bottom 10%
$ 95,000

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 | 43141 jobs Python | 42363 jobs Machine Learning | 30309 jobs Computer Science | 25696 jobs Pipelines | 25685 jobs Architecture | 23086 jobs SQL | 23078 jobs AWS | 22789 jobs Security | 18935 jobs Azure | 16626 jobs Testing | 16313 jobs Data pipelines | 13983 jobs CI/CD | 13341 jobs GCP | 13203 jobs Agile | 13185 jobs Research | 13045 jobs APIs | 12945 jobs ETL | 12523 jobs Java | 12361 jobs Spark | 11338 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 | 37120 jobs Health care | 19620 jobs Equity / stock options | 13786 jobs Flex hours | 13387 jobs Startup environment | 12705 jobs Competitive pay | 12594 jobs Salary bonus | 9519 jobs Team events | 8843 jobs Insurance | 8822 jobs Flex vacation | 8561 jobs Parental leave | 7385 jobs Medical leave | 7232 jobs Wellness | 5282 jobs 401(k) matching | 4654 jobs Relocation support | 2690 jobs Transparency | 2249 jobs Conferences | 2191 jobs Home office stipend | 1826 jobs Fitness / gym | 1580 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1563 jobs

Related salaries

Engineer @ $ 135,000 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 87,669 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 235,400 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 159,185 (global) Details
Engineer @ $ 170,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 238,950 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 173,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 139,000 (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 @ $ 128,050 (Canada) Details
Engineer @ $ 81,300 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 141,700 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 206,855 (Canada) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 111,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 66,284 (Austria) Details

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