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 148 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 127,965 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
- 148
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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 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 | 352 jobs Python | 351 jobs Machine Learning | 282 jobs AWS | 280 jobs Pipelines | 254 jobs Security | 238 jobs CI/CD | 238 jobs Architecture | 221 jobs Kubernetes | 211 jobs Terraform | 203 jobs Computer Science | 182 jobs DevOps | 177 jobs Azure | 156 jobs Docker | 150 jobs GCP | 139 jobs SQL | 125 jobs APIs | 118 jobs Agile | 114 jobs Testing | 112 jobs GitHub | 100 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 | 284 jobs Health care | 147 jobs Startup environment | 122 jobs Flex hours | 108 jobs Competitive pay | 102 jobs Equity / stock options | 101 jobs Team events | 80 jobs Salary bonus | 70 jobs Flex vacation | 55 jobs Insurance | 50 jobs Parental leave | 49 jobs Medical leave | 43 jobs Wellness | 35 jobs 401(k) matching | 28 jobs Relocation support | 22 jobs Conferences | 18 jobs Gear | 16 jobs Transparency | 16 jobs Fitness / gym | 15 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 12 jobsRelated salaries
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