Engineer Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 164,550

✏️ This salary info is based on 3188 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Engineer salary lies between USD 125,000 and USD 215,000 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
3188
Top 10%
$ 273,930
Top 25%
$ 215,000
Median
$ 164,550
Bottom 25%
$ 125,000
Bottom 10%
$ 95,295

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 | 26727 jobs Python | 26477 jobs Machine Learning | 19028 jobs Computer Science | 16095 jobs Pipelines | 15668 jobs SQL | 14435 jobs AWS | 14222 jobs Architecture | 14043 jobs Security | 11515 jobs Azure | 10229 jobs Testing | 9915 jobs Data pipelines | 8774 jobs Research | 8353 jobs GCP | 8167 jobs Agile | 8165 jobs CI/CD | 7911 jobs ETL | 7899 jobs Java | 7814 jobs APIs | 7638 jobs Spark | 7201 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 | 23320 jobs Health care | 12291 jobs Equity / stock options | 8793 jobs Flex hours | 8382 jobs Startup environment | 8009 jobs Competitive pay | 7946 jobs Salary bonus | 5880 jobs Team events | 5653 jobs Insurance | 5521 jobs Flex vacation | 5381 jobs Parental leave | 4594 jobs Medical leave | 4530 jobs Wellness | 3299 jobs 401(k) matching | 2840 jobs Relocation support | 1696 jobs Conferences | 1408 jobs Transparency | 1392 jobs Home office stipend | 1157 jobs Fitness / gym | 1063 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 973 jobs

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Engineer @ $ 140,000 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 235,400 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
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Engineer @ $ 87,423 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 170,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 239,900 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 173,100 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 142,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 90,450 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 160,000 (Netherlands) Details
Engineer @ $ 111,771 (United Kingdom) Details
Engineer @ $ 113,924 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 79,003 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 206,855 (Canada) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 85,714 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 81,300 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 139,700 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 125,100 (Canada) Details
Engineer @ $ 64,147 (Austria) Details

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