Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 161,940
✏️ This salary info is based on 2626 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 129,000 and USD 199,300 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.
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- Data Engineer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 2626
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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 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 | 6156 jobs Python | 5861 jobs SQL | 5766 jobs Pipelines | 5671 jobs Data pipelines | 4432 jobs ETL | 4229 jobs Architecture | 4096 jobs AWS | 4091 jobs Spark | 3460 jobs Azure | 3214 jobs Security | 3101 jobs Computer Science | 3076 jobs Data quality | 2726 jobs Agile | 2688 jobs Big Data | 2637 jobs Machine Learning | 2433 jobs GCP | 2381 jobs Databricks | 2329 jobs Snowflake | 2317 jobs CI/CD | 2257 jobsTop 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 | 4684 jobs Health care | 2534 jobs Flex hours | 1926 jobs Competitive pay | 1574 jobs Startup environment | 1420 jobs Equity / stock options | 1270 jobs Team events | 1243 jobs Salary bonus | 1234 jobs Insurance | 1099 jobs Flex vacation | 1069 jobs Parental leave | 881 jobs Medical leave | 808 jobs Wellness | 634 jobs 401(k) matching | 521 jobs Transparency | 282 jobs Fitness / gym | 242 jobs Relocation support | 207 jobs Conferences | 185 jobs Gear | 180 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 160 jobsRelated salaries
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