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 1882 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 129,400 and USD 198,100 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
- Data Engineer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 1882
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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 | 4286 jobs Python | 4102 jobs SQL | 4000 jobs Pipelines | 3942 jobs Data pipelines | 3115 jobs ETL | 2961 jobs AWS | 2844 jobs Architecture | 2839 jobs Spark | 2413 jobs Azure | 2269 jobs Security | 2169 jobs Computer Science | 2135 jobs Agile | 1894 jobs Data quality | 1878 jobs Big Data | 1875 jobs Machine Learning | 1687 jobs GCP | 1666 jobs Databricks | 1650 jobs Snowflake | 1598 jobs CI/CD | 1538 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 | 3318 jobs Health care | 1786 jobs Flex hours | 1370 jobs Competitive pay | 1091 jobs Startup environment | 1005 jobs Equity / stock options | 925 jobs Team events | 885 jobs Salary bonus | 876 jobs Insurance | 782 jobs Flex vacation | 763 jobs Parental leave | 619 jobs Medical leave | 568 jobs Wellness | 438 jobs 401(k) matching | 359 jobs Transparency | 195 jobs Fitness / gym | 162 jobs Relocation support | 150 jobs Conferences | 136 jobs Gear | 130 jobs Home office stipend | 122 jobsRelated salaries
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