Platform Engineer Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Platform Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 163,710

✏️ This salary info is based on 218 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 125,000 and USD 211,255 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
Platform Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
218
Top 10%
$ 260,000
Top 25%
$ 211,255
Median
$ 163,710
Bottom 25%
$ 125,000
Bottom 10%
$ 97,300

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 Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Platform Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering 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:

Python | 532 jobs Engineering | 532 jobs Machine Learning | 424 jobs AWS | 416 jobs Security | 372 jobs Pipelines | 367 jobs CI/CD | 357 jobs Architecture | 332 jobs Kubernetes | 329 jobs Terraform | 299 jobs DevOps | 277 jobs Computer Science | 275 jobs Azure | 250 jobs Docker | 225 jobs GCP | 216 jobs APIs | 190 jobs SQL | 178 jobs Testing | 176 jobs Agile | 170 jobs GitHub | 156 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 | 428 jobs Health care | 217 jobs Startup environment | 172 jobs Flex hours | 168 jobs Equity / stock options | 144 jobs Competitive pay | 133 jobs Team events | 120 jobs Salary bonus | 108 jobs Flex vacation | 96 jobs Insurance | 83 jobs Parental leave | 81 jobs Medical leave | 70 jobs Wellness | 60 jobs 401(k) matching | 44 jobs Transparency | 36 jobs Relocation support | 29 jobs Gear | 23 jobs Fitness / gym | 23 jobs Conferences | 23 jobs Home office stipend | 19 jobs

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Platform Engineer @ $ 110,375 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Platform Engineer @ $ 75,949 (United Kingdom) Details
Platform Engineer @ $ 181,550 (Canada) Details
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