Salary for Senior-level / Expert Associate in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Associate in United States during 2025 is USD 124,400

✏️ This salary info is based on 146 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Associate salary lies between USD 99,100 and USD 146,100 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
Associate
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
146
Top 10%
$ 174,000
Top 25%
$ 146,100
Median
$ 124,400
Bottom 25%
$ 99,100
Bottom 10%
$ 86,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Associate roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Associate job listings are Engineering, Python and SQL. 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 | 651 jobs Python | 612 jobs SQL | 565 jobs Data Analytics | 423 jobs Data quality | 379 jobs AWS | 341 jobs Azure | 337 jobs Data analysis | 328 jobs Architecture | 323 jobs Pipelines | 322 jobs Agile | 321 jobs Security | 312 jobs Business Intelligence | 297 jobs Machine Learning | 295 jobs Research | 278 jobs Spark | 276 jobs Computer Science | 269 jobs ETL | 264 jobs Data pipelines | 255 jobs Data management | 253 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Associate roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Associate job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 750 jobs Health care | 203 jobs Competitive pay | 168 jobs Salary bonus | 143 jobs Startup environment | 134 jobs Flex hours | 122 jobs Team events | 87 jobs Equity / stock options | 67 jobs Parental leave | 55 jobs Flex vacation | 46 jobs Insurance | 40 jobs Medical leave | 38 jobs Wellness | 31 jobs 401(k) matching | 29 jobs Transparency | 25 jobs Relocation support | 25 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Home office stipend | 8 jobs Fertility benefits | 8 jobs Travel | 6 jobs

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Associate @ $ 97,650 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Associate @ $ 135,814 (Australia) Details
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