Salary for Executive-level / Director Engineer during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Engineer during 2024 is USD 240,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 80 individual salaries reported during 2024

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The average executive-level / director Engineer salary lies between USD 170,000 and USD 288,000 globally. 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
Engineer
Experience
Executive-level / Director
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
80
Top 10%
$ 335,600
Top 25%
$ 288,000
Median
$ 240,000
Bottom 25%
$ 170,000
Bottom 10%
$ 158,800

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Executive-level / Director Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Computer Science. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 657 jobs Python | 440 jobs Computer Science | 394 jobs Machine Learning | 365 jobs Architecture | 351 jobs Security | 291 jobs Agile | 282 jobs AWS | 275 jobs SQL | 262 jobs Pipelines | 249 jobs Java | 244 jobs Testing | 215 jobs Big Data | 209 jobs Azure | 174 jobs ETL | 169 jobs Spark | 160 jobs Data pipelines | 159 jobs Finance | 148 jobs Research | 146 jobs Banking | 142 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 568 jobs Health care | 288 jobs Startup environment | 215 jobs Equity / stock options | 181 jobs Flex hours | 173 jobs Competitive pay | 151 jobs Wellness | 148 jobs Salary bonus | 144 jobs Flex vacation | 136 jobs Insurance | 132 jobs Team events | 124 jobs Parental leave | 122 jobs Medical leave | 95 jobs 401(k) matching | 70 jobs Transparency | 25 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 23 jobs Conferences | 22 jobs Home office stipend | 16 jobs Gear | 12 jobs Flexible spending account | 12 jobs

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