Salary for Executive-level / Director Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Engineer during 2025 is USD 235,400

✏️ This salary info is based on 108 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average executive-level / director Engineer salary lies between USD 180,000 and USD 301,200 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
2025
Sample size
108
Top 10%
$ 395,450
Top 25%
$ 301,200
Median
$ 235,400
Bottom 25%
$ 180,000
Bottom 10%
$ 145,000

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 Executive-level / Director Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python 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:

Engineering | 517 jobs Python | 358 jobs Machine Learning | 350 jobs Architecture | 320 jobs Computer Science | 291 jobs Security | 228 jobs Pipelines | 228 jobs AWS | 225 jobs Agile | 184 jobs Java | 181 jobs SQL | 178 jobs Testing | 178 jobs Azure | 163 jobs GCP | 148 jobs Research | 139 jobs Data pipelines | 135 jobs Spark | 134 jobs APIs | 125 jobs Big Data | 117 jobs ETL | 114 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 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 440 jobs Health care | 242 jobs Startup environment | 161 jobs Competitive pay | 154 jobs Equity / stock options | 153 jobs Flex hours | 140 jobs Salary bonus | 126 jobs Flex vacation | 102 jobs Insurance | 95 jobs Wellness | 89 jobs Parental leave | 86 jobs Team events | 85 jobs Medical leave | 61 jobs 401(k) matching | 40 jobs Transparency | 35 jobs Home office stipend | 23 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 20 jobs Conferences | 16 jobs Relocation support | 15 jobs Flexible spending account | 14 jobs

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