Salary for Executive-level / Director Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Engineer during 2025 is USD 238,950

✏️ This salary info is based on 146 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average executive-level / director Engineer salary lies between USD 185,000 and USD 300,000 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
2025
Sample size
146
Top 10%
$ 383,910
Top 25%
$ 300,000
Median
$ 238,950
Bottom 25%
$ 185,000
Bottom 10%
$ 152,027

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 | 747 jobs Python | 504 jobs Machine Learning | 487 jobs Architecture | 472 jobs Computer Science | 411 jobs Pipelines | 346 jobs Security | 336 jobs AWS | 321 jobs Agile | 268 jobs Testing | 267 jobs SQL | 265 jobs Java | 246 jobs Azure | 234 jobs GCP | 212 jobs Research | 208 jobs Data pipelines | 200 jobs APIs | 186 jobs Spark | 184 jobs ETL | 164 jobs Big Data | 164 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 | 632 jobs Health care | 329 jobs Startup environment | 227 jobs Competitive pay | 210 jobs Equity / stock options | 207 jobs Flex hours | 201 jobs Salary bonus | 170 jobs Flex vacation | 146 jobs Insurance | 143 jobs Wellness | 121 jobs Parental leave | 117 jobs Team events | 115 jobs Medical leave | 86 jobs 401(k) matching | 53 jobs Transparency | 49 jobs Conferences | 27 jobs Home office stipend | 26 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 25 jobs Relocation support | 22 jobs Flexible spending account | 20 jobs

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