Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer during 2025

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

✏️ This salary info is based on 3512 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

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
3512
Top 10%
$ 280,600
Top 25%
$ 220,000
Median
$ 170,000
Bottom 25%
$ 130,000
Bottom 10%
$ 104,700

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 | 24742 jobs Python | 23925 jobs Machine Learning | 17924 jobs Pipelines | 15249 jobs Architecture | 14765 jobs Computer Science | 14412 jobs AWS | 14063 jobs SQL | 12665 jobs Security | 11454 jobs Azure | 9942 jobs Testing | 9717 jobs CI/CD | 8328 jobs GCP | 8253 jobs Data pipelines | 8241 jobs Agile | 7787 jobs APIs | 7726 jobs Java | 7472 jobs Research | 7376 jobs Kubernetes | 7110 jobs Spark | 7064 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 | 21506 jobs Health care | 11592 jobs Equity / stock options | 8687 jobs Flex hours | 7799 jobs Competitive pay | 7486 jobs Startup environment | 7472 jobs Salary bonus | 6144 jobs Flex vacation | 5308 jobs Insurance | 5230 jobs Team events | 5036 jobs Parental leave | 4598 jobs Medical leave | 4454 jobs Wellness | 3110 jobs 401(k) matching | 2929 jobs Relocation support | 1465 jobs Transparency | 1412 jobs Conferences | 1269 jobs Home office stipend | 1154 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 981 jobs Gear | 893 jobs

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Engineer @ $ 41,052 (Lithuania) Details
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Engineer @ $ 79,003 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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