Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 163,650
✏️ This salary info is based on 3916 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Engineer salary lies between USD 124,000 and USD 214,000 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.
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- Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 3916
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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 | 32207 jobs Python | 31808 jobs Machine Learning | 22814 jobs Computer Science | 19295 jobs Pipelines | 18963 jobs SQL | 17286 jobs AWS | 17131 jobs Architecture | 17023 jobs Security | 13920 jobs Azure | 12353 jobs Testing | 12021 jobs Data pipelines | 10489 jobs GCP | 9929 jobs Research | 9912 jobs Agile | 9881 jobs CI/CD | 9638 jobs ETL | 9457 jobs APIs | 9338 jobs Java | 9325 jobs Spark | 8637 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 | 27882 jobs Health care | 14770 jobs Equity / stock options | 10546 jobs Flex hours | 9986 jobs Startup environment | 9578 jobs Competitive pay | 9562 jobs Salary bonus | 7163 jobs Team events | 6773 jobs Insurance | 6641 jobs Flex vacation | 6482 jobs Parental leave | 5508 jobs Medical leave | 5419 jobs Wellness | 3987 jobs 401(k) matching | 3501 jobs Relocation support | 2039 jobs Transparency | 1704 jobs Conferences | 1693 jobs Home office stipend | 1386 jobs Fitness / gym | 1262 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1177 jobsRelated salaries
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