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

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Data Engineer salary lies between USD 97,600 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
928
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 160,000
Median
$ 125,000
Bottom 25%
$ 97,600
Bottom 10%
$ 75,000

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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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 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 | 1900 jobs Engineering | 1899 jobs Python | 1858 jobs Pipelines | 1748 jobs ETL | 1423 jobs Data pipelines | 1358 jobs AWS | 1216 jobs Computer Science | 1074 jobs Architecture | 1058 jobs Azure | 986 jobs Security | 927 jobs Data quality | 859 jobs Spark | 834 jobs Agile | 759 jobs Machine Learning | 733 jobs Big Data | 722 jobs Databricks | 678 jobs GCP | 650 jobs Snowflake | 627 jobs Airflow | 616 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 | 1474 jobs Health care | 827 jobs Flex hours | 549 jobs Startup environment | 478 jobs Competitive pay | 447 jobs Team events | 442 jobs Insurance | 377 jobs Equity / stock options | 332 jobs Flex vacation | 309 jobs Salary bonus | 290 jobs Parental leave | 270 jobs Medical leave | 248 jobs Wellness | 209 jobs 401(k) matching | 195 jobs Relocation support | 98 jobs Fitness / gym | 91 jobs Transparency | 68 jobs Gear | 62 jobs Conferences | 61 jobs Home office stipend | 60 jobs

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