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 160,142

✏️ This salary info is based on 1226 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 128,360 and USD 200,000 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
1226
Top 10%
$ 234,000
Top 25%
$ 200,000
Median
$ 160,142
Bottom 25%
$ 128,360
Bottom 10%
$ 98,000

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 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 | 3044 jobs Python | 2926 jobs SQL | 2859 jobs Pipelines | 2782 jobs Data pipelines | 2180 jobs ETL | 2116 jobs Architecture | 2015 jobs AWS | 2013 jobs Spark | 1749 jobs Azure | 1631 jobs Security | 1550 jobs Computer Science | 1535 jobs Agile | 1397 jobs Big Data | 1382 jobs Data quality | 1309 jobs Machine Learning | 1223 jobs Databricks | 1197 jobs GCP | 1156 jobs Snowflake | 1136 jobs CI/CD | 1073 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 | 2387 jobs Health care | 1274 jobs Flex hours | 973 jobs Competitive pay | 760 jobs Startup environment | 691 jobs Equity / stock options | 668 jobs Team events | 611 jobs Salary bonus | 608 jobs Insurance | 578 jobs Flex vacation | 511 jobs Parental leave | 451 jobs Medical leave | 424 jobs Wellness | 314 jobs 401(k) matching | 260 jobs Transparency | 146 jobs Relocation support | 114 jobs Fitness / gym | 113 jobs Conferences | 94 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 89 jobs Gear | 86 jobs

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