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 1152 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Data Engineer salary lies between USD 98,140 and USD 160,000 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
- Data Engineer
- Experience
- Mid-level / Intermediate
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 1152
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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 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 | 2365 jobs SQL | 2322 jobs Python | 2295 jobs Pipelines | 2160 jobs ETL | 1749 jobs Data pipelines | 1666 jobs AWS | 1486 jobs Computer Science | 1330 jobs Architecture | 1303 jobs Azure | 1225 jobs Security | 1136 jobs Data quality | 1069 jobs Spark | 1043 jobs Agile | 910 jobs Machine Learning | 901 jobs Big Data | 883 jobs Databricks | 851 jobs GCP | 789 jobs Snowflake | 778 jobs Airflow | 754 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 | 1784 jobs Health care | 999 jobs Flex hours | 682 jobs Startup environment | 576 jobs Competitive pay | 565 jobs Team events | 528 jobs Insurance | 459 jobs Equity / stock options | 416 jobs Flex vacation | 390 jobs Salary bonus | 368 jobs Parental leave | 338 jobs Medical leave | 298 jobs Wellness | 256 jobs 401(k) matching | 238 jobs Relocation support | 115 jobs Fitness / gym | 108 jobs Transparency | 82 jobs Conferences | 78 jobs Gear | 73 jobs Home office stipend | 69 jobsRelated salaries
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