Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer during 2025 is USD 157,850

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The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 195,000 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
1537
Top 10%
$ 233,958
Top 25%
$ 195,000
Median
$ 157,850
Bottom 25%
$ 120,000
Bottom 10%
$ 90,000

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 Data Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Engineer 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 | 3223 jobs Python | 3095 jobs SQL | 3037 jobs Pipelines | 2962 jobs Data pipelines | 2325 jobs ETL | 2235 jobs AWS | 2139 jobs Architecture | 2130 jobs Spark | 1855 jobs Azure | 1712 jobs Security | 1650 jobs Computer Science | 1628 jobs Agile | 1476 jobs Big Data | 1465 jobs Data quality | 1392 jobs Machine Learning | 1281 jobs Databricks | 1259 jobs GCP | 1230 jobs Snowflake | 1206 jobs CI/CD | 1140 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 2523 jobs Health care | 1348 jobs Flex hours | 1022 jobs Competitive pay | 803 jobs Startup environment | 731 jobs Equity / stock options | 700 jobs Team events | 648 jobs Salary bonus | 640 jobs Insurance | 603 jobs Flex vacation | 546 jobs Parental leave | 479 jobs Medical leave | 442 jobs Wellness | 335 jobs 401(k) matching | 271 jobs Transparency | 151 jobs Fitness / gym | 124 jobs Relocation support | 123 jobs Conferences | 96 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 93 jobs Gear | 91 jobs

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