Platform Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Platform Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 159,050

✏️ This salary info is based on 198 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 117,200 and USD 205,500 globally. 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
Platform Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
198
Top 10%
$ 260,000
Top 25%
$ 205,500
Median
$ 159,050
Bottom 25%
$ 117,200
Bottom 10%
$ 90,750

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 Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Platform Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and AWS. 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 | 434 jobs Python | 433 jobs AWS | 345 jobs Machine Learning | 340 jobs Pipelines | 307 jobs Security | 296 jobs CI/CD | 293 jobs Architecture | 274 jobs Kubernetes | 265 jobs Terraform | 246 jobs DevOps | 225 jobs Computer Science | 223 jobs Azure | 198 jobs Docker | 188 jobs GCP | 173 jobs SQL | 157 jobs APIs | 151 jobs Agile | 148 jobs Testing | 142 jobs GitHub | 122 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Platform Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. 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 | 346 jobs Health care | 176 jobs Startup environment | 140 jobs Flex hours | 133 jobs Competitive pay | 111 jobs Equity / stock options | 110 jobs Team events | 96 jobs Salary bonus | 86 jobs Flex vacation | 72 jobs Insurance | 65 jobs Parental leave | 61 jobs Medical leave | 50 jobs Wellness | 47 jobs 401(k) matching | 33 jobs Relocation support | 26 jobs Transparency | 24 jobs Gear | 19 jobs Fitness / gym | 19 jobs Conferences | 19 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 14 jobs

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Platform Engineer @ $ 170,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Platform Engineer @ $ 143,050 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Platform Engineer @ $ 110,375 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Platform Engineer @ $ 175,500 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Platform Engineer @ $ 143,400 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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Platform Engineer @ $ 306,750 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Platform Engineer @ $ 171,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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