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 134 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average executive-level / director Engineer salary lies between USD 186,250 and USD 300,000 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
- 134
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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 | 762 jobs Python | 514 jobs Machine Learning | 495 jobs Architecture | 478 jobs Computer Science | 421 jobs Pipelines | 352 jobs Security | 339 jobs AWS | 329 jobs Agile | 272 jobs Testing | 271 jobs SQL | 269 jobs Java | 251 jobs Azure | 239 jobs GCP | 217 jobs Research | 212 jobs Data pipelines | 202 jobs Spark | 190 jobs APIs | 190 jobs ETL | 168 jobs Big Data | 165 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 | 643 jobs Health care | 336 jobs Startup environment | 230 jobs Competitive pay | 214 jobs Equity / stock options | 212 jobs Flex hours | 203 jobs Salary bonus | 176 jobs Flex vacation | 149 jobs Insurance | 145 jobs Wellness | 123 jobs Parental leave | 119 jobs Team events | 116 jobs Medical leave | 88 jobs 401(k) matching | 54 jobs Transparency | 50 jobs Conferences | 27 jobs Home office stipend | 26 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 25 jobs Relocation support | 22 jobs Flexible spending account | 20 jobsRelated salaries
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