Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer during 2025 is USD 120,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 2119 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average mid-level / intermediate Data Engineer salary lies between USD 87,300 and USD 155,600 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
Data Engineer
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
2119
Top 10%
$ 191,800
Top 25%
$ 155,600
Median
$ 120,000
Bottom 25%
$ 87,300
Bottom 10%
$ 63,291

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 Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Data Engineer job listings are Engineering, SQL and Python. 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 | 3516 jobs SQL | 3474 jobs Python | 3399 jobs Pipelines | 3253 jobs ETL | 2631 jobs Data pipelines | 2505 jobs AWS | 2137 jobs Computer Science | 1993 jobs Architecture | 1949 jobs Azure | 1837 jobs Security | 1722 jobs Data quality | 1598 jobs Spark | 1505 jobs Agile | 1338 jobs Big Data | 1281 jobs Machine Learning | 1275 jobs Databricks | 1256 jobs Snowflake | 1146 jobs Airflow | 1140 jobs GCP | 1124 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Data Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 2618 jobs Health care | 1474 jobs Flex hours | 1005 jobs Competitive pay | 847 jobs Startup environment | 846 jobs Team events | 780 jobs Insurance | 645 jobs Equity / stock options | 605 jobs Salary bonus | 564 jobs Flex vacation | 557 jobs Parental leave | 508 jobs Medical leave | 432 jobs Wellness | 366 jobs 401(k) matching | 364 jobs Relocation support | 158 jobs Fitness / gym | 154 jobs Transparency | 132 jobs Gear | 117 jobs Home office stipend | 101 jobs Conferences | 95 jobs

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