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 95,100
✏️ This salary info is based on 146 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Data Engineer salary lies between USD 80,000 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
- 146
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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 | 972 jobs SQL | 947 jobs Engineering | 873 jobs Pipelines | 685 jobs ETL | 567 jobs Computer Science | 499 jobs Azure | 464 jobs Data pipelines | 442 jobs AWS | 437 jobs Spark | 364 jobs Big Data | 340 jobs Architecture | 285 jobs GCP | 284 jobs Machine Learning | 281 jobs Agile | 276 jobs Data quality | 274 jobs Power BI | 259 jobs Databricks | 248 jobs Java | 247 jobs Snowflake | 225 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 | 594 jobs Health care | 247 jobs Flex hours | 202 jobs Competitive pay | 190 jobs Team events | 180 jobs Startup environment | 179 jobs Insurance | 125 jobs Salary bonus | 122 jobs Equity / stock options | 117 jobs Flex vacation | 81 jobs Wellness | 65 jobs Medical leave | 65 jobs Parental leave | 50 jobs 401(k) matching | 46 jobs Relocation support | 39 jobs Fitness / gym | 34 jobs Home office stipend | 23 jobs Gear | 21 jobs Transparency | 19 jobs Conferences | 17 jobsRelated salaries
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