Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer during 2025 is USD 168,240

✏️ This salary info is based on 670 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Engineer salary lies between USD 132,000 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
670
Top 10%
$ 280,000
Top 25%
$ 220,000
Median
$ 168,240
Bottom 25%
$ 132,000
Bottom 10%
$ 105,200

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 | 4927 jobs Python | 4845 jobs Machine Learning | 3580 jobs Computer Science | 3011 jobs Pipelines | 2983 jobs Architecture | 2891 jobs AWS | 2773 jobs SQL | 2576 jobs Security | 2222 jobs Azure | 1974 jobs Testing | 1887 jobs Data pipelines | 1744 jobs Agile | 1645 jobs GCP | 1643 jobs Spark | 1548 jobs Java | 1538 jobs CI/CD | 1537 jobs Research | 1530 jobs ETL | 1497 jobs Kubernetes | 1471 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 | 4367 jobs Health care | 2411 jobs Equity / stock options | 1786 jobs Flex hours | 1581 jobs Competitive pay | 1452 jobs Startup environment | 1407 jobs Salary bonus | 1225 jobs Insurance | 1065 jobs Flex vacation | 1058 jobs Team events | 1021 jobs Parental leave | 922 jobs Medical leave | 917 jobs 401(k) matching | 611 jobs Wellness | 599 jobs Relocation support | 315 jobs Conferences | 296 jobs Transparency | 294 jobs Home office stipend | 242 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 207 jobs Fertility benefits | 187 jobs

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