Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 91,600
✏️ This salary info is based on 74 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Data Engineer salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 138,000 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.
- Job title
- Data Engineer
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 74
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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 Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Data Engineer job listings are Python, SQL and Engineering. 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 | 474 jobs SQL | 439 jobs Engineering | 426 jobs Pipelines | 313 jobs ETL | 248 jobs Computer Science | 237 jobs Data pipelines | 210 jobs Azure | 209 jobs AWS | 188 jobs Spark | 182 jobs Big Data | 175 jobs Architecture | 148 jobs Machine Learning | 145 jobs GCP | 138 jobs Agile | 137 jobs Java | 136 jobs Data quality | 122 jobs Power BI | 114 jobs Snowflake | 111 jobs Databricks | 109 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Data Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 287 jobs Health care | 112 jobs Flex hours | 96 jobs Team events | 93 jobs Competitive pay | 91 jobs Startup environment | 78 jobs Salary bonus | 68 jobs Equity / stock options | 61 jobs Insurance | 57 jobs Flex vacation | 45 jobs Medical leave | 36 jobs Wellness | 32 jobs Parental leave | 27 jobs 401(k) matching | 21 jobs Relocation support | 19 jobs Fitness / gym | 15 jobs Gear | 13 jobs Home office stipend | 12 jobs Transparency | 9 jobs Conferences | 8 jobsRelated salaries
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