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 108 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average executive-level / director Engineer salary lies between USD 185,000 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.
- Job title
- Engineer
- Experience
- Executive-level / Director
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 108
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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 | 622 jobs Python | 421 jobs Machine Learning | 407 jobs Architecture | 385 jobs Computer Science | 344 jobs Pipelines | 275 jobs Security | 270 jobs AWS | 268 jobs Agile | 223 jobs SQL | 220 jobs Java | 217 jobs Testing | 216 jobs Azure | 191 jobs GCP | 173 jobs Research | 171 jobs Data pipelines | 166 jobs Spark | 157 jobs APIs | 148 jobs Big Data | 138 jobs ETL | 132 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 | 529 jobs Health care | 282 jobs Startup environment | 189 jobs Competitive pay | 182 jobs Equity / stock options | 175 jobs Flex hours | 165 jobs Salary bonus | 144 jobs Flex vacation | 119 jobs Insurance | 111 jobs Wellness | 105 jobs Team events | 101 jobs Parental leave | 98 jobs Medical leave | 72 jobs 401(k) matching | 47 jobs Transparency | 41 jobs Conferences | 24 jobs Home office stipend | 24 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 24 jobs Relocation support | 18 jobs Flexible spending account | 14 jobsRelated salaries
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