Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer during 2025 is USD 170,000

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The average senior-level / expert Engineer salary lies between USD 130,000 and USD 220,000 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
Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
2606
Top 10%
$ 280,000
Top 25%
$ 220,000
Median
$ 170,000
Bottom 25%
$ 130,000
Bottom 10%
$ 104,650

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 Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Machine Learning. 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 | 18177 jobs Python | 17692 jobs Machine Learning | 13234 jobs Pipelines | 11104 jobs Architecture | 10729 jobs Computer Science | 10603 jobs AWS | 10374 jobs SQL | 9306 jobs Security | 8329 jobs Azure | 7282 jobs Testing | 7016 jobs GCP | 6112 jobs Data pipelines | 6097 jobs CI/CD | 6008 jobs Agile | 5753 jobs Java | 5520 jobs APIs | 5472 jobs Research | 5470 jobs Spark | 5275 jobs Kubernetes | 5247 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. 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 | 15901 jobs Health care | 8585 jobs Equity / stock options | 6587 jobs Flex hours | 5750 jobs Competitive pay | 5641 jobs Startup environment | 5613 jobs Salary bonus | 4586 jobs Flex vacation | 3984 jobs Insurance | 3866 jobs Team events | 3808 jobs Parental leave | 3413 jobs Medical leave | 3306 jobs Wellness | 2305 jobs 401(k) matching | 2164 jobs Relocation support | 1086 jobs Transparency | 1069 jobs Conferences | 966 jobs Home office stipend | 871 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 738 jobs Gear | 688 jobs

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