Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 125,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 746 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Data Engineer salary lies between USD 98,140 and USD 162,500 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
- Data Engineer
- Experience
- Mid-level / Intermediate
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 746
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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 Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Data Engineer job listings are SQL, Engineering 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:
SQL | 1463 jobs Engineering | 1430 jobs Python | 1390 jobs Pipelines | 1323 jobs ETL | 1096 jobs Data pipelines | 1021 jobs AWS | 901 jobs Computer Science | 811 jobs Architecture | 809 jobs Azure | 756 jobs Security | 718 jobs Data quality | 640 jobs Spark | 631 jobs Agile | 581 jobs Machine Learning | 562 jobs Big Data | 553 jobs Databricks | 526 jobs GCP | 489 jobs Testing | 470 jobs Snowflake | 469 jobsTop 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 | 1122 jobs Health care | 642 jobs Flex hours | 419 jobs Startup environment | 340 jobs Team events | 337 jobs Competitive pay | 330 jobs Insurance | 305 jobs Equity / stock options | 262 jobs Salary bonus | 229 jobs Flex vacation | 228 jobs Parental leave | 213 jobs Medical leave | 188 jobs 401(k) matching | 165 jobs Wellness | 153 jobs Fitness / gym | 72 jobs Relocation support | 67 jobs Transparency | 51 jobs Gear | 49 jobs Home office stipend | 45 jobs Conferences | 41 jobsRelated salaries
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