Salary for Executive-level / Director Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 239,900
✏️ This salary info is based on 98 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average executive-level / director Engineer salary lies between USD 184,000 and USD 323,000 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.
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- Engineer
- Experience
- Executive-level / Director
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 98
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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 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 | 529 jobs Python | 364 jobs Machine Learning | 358 jobs Architecture | 329 jobs Computer Science | 297 jobs AWS | 233 jobs Pipelines | 233 jobs Security | 232 jobs Agile | 188 jobs Java | 183 jobs Testing | 182 jobs SQL | 179 jobs Azure | 168 jobs GCP | 153 jobs Research | 144 jobs Data pipelines | 137 jobs Spark | 135 jobs APIs | 126 jobs Big Data | 119 jobs ETL | 115 jobsTop 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 | 451 jobs Health care | 246 jobs Startup environment | 166 jobs Competitive pay | 156 jobs Equity / stock options | 154 jobs Flex hours | 144 jobs Salary bonus | 130 jobs Flex vacation | 105 jobs Insurance | 97 jobs Wellness | 90 jobs Team events | 88 jobs Parental leave | 87 jobs Medical leave | 62 jobs 401(k) matching | 41 jobs Transparency | 36 jobs Home office stipend | 23 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 21 jobs Conferences | 17 jobs Relocation support | 15 jobs Flexible spending account | 14 jobsRelated salaries
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