Platform Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Platform Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 160,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 176 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 205,500 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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- Platform Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 176
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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 Platform Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Platform Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering 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:
Python | 443 jobs Engineering | 443 jobs AWS | 352 jobs Machine Learning | 346 jobs Pipelines | 312 jobs Security | 301 jobs CI/CD | 298 jobs Architecture | 280 jobs Kubernetes | 271 jobs Terraform | 251 jobs DevOps | 230 jobs Computer Science | 226 jobs Azure | 202 jobs Docker | 192 jobs GCP | 176 jobs SQL | 159 jobs APIs | 152 jobs Agile | 151 jobs Testing | 144 jobs GitHub | 127 jobsTop 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 | 351 jobs Health care | 178 jobs Startup environment | 141 jobs Flex hours | 136 jobs Equity / stock options | 115 jobs Competitive pay | 113 jobs Team events | 97 jobs Salary bonus | 86 jobs Flex vacation | 73 jobs Insurance | 65 jobs Parental leave | 62 jobs Medical leave | 50 jobs Wellness | 48 jobs 401(k) matching | 33 jobs Relocation support | 26 jobs Transparency | 24 jobs Fitness / gym | 20 jobs Gear | 19 jobs Conferences | 19 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 15 jobsRelated salaries
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