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 93,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 100 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Data Engineer salary lies between USD 79,310 and USD 135,000 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
- 100
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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 | 602 jobs SQL | 563 jobs Engineering | 539 jobs Pipelines | 412 jobs ETL | 329 jobs Computer Science | 311 jobs Data pipelines | 274 jobs Azure | 262 jobs AWS | 254 jobs Spark | 233 jobs Big Data | 218 jobs Architecture | 179 jobs Machine Learning | 175 jobs GCP | 174 jobs Agile | 174 jobs Java | 167 jobs Data quality | 163 jobs Power BI | 151 jobs Snowflake | 145 jobs Databricks | 135 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 | 370 jobs Health care | 154 jobs Flex hours | 128 jobs Team events | 122 jobs Competitive pay | 114 jobs Startup environment | 108 jobs Salary bonus | 82 jobs Equity / stock options | 78 jobs Insurance | 78 jobs Flex vacation | 62 jobs Medical leave | 47 jobs Wellness | 39 jobs Parental leave | 36 jobs 401(k) matching | 30 jobs Relocation support | 24 jobs Fitness / gym | 20 jobs Home office stipend | 16 jobs Gear | 13 jobs Conferences | 11 jobs Transparency | 10 jobsRelated salaries
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