Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 180,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 738 individual salaries reported during 2024

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The average senior-level / expert Engineer salary lies between USD 137,810 and USD 235,750 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
Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
738
Top 10%
$ 285,000
Top 25%
$ 235,750
Median
$ 180,000
Bottom 25%
$ 137,810
Bottom 10%
$ 115,000

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.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 18070 jobs Python | 17371 jobs Machine Learning | 13012 jobs Computer Science | 11140 jobs Architecture | 10126 jobs Pipelines | 9850 jobs SQL | 9739 jobs AWS | 9721 jobs Security | 7482 jobs Testing | 7232 jobs Java | 6556 jobs Spark | 6407 jobs Agile | 6373 jobs Azure | 6288 jobs Data pipelines | 5890 jobs Research | 5520 jobs ETL | 5344 jobs GCP | 5344 jobs Big Data | 5253 jobs APIs | 4753 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 16436 jobs Health care | 9366 jobs Equity / stock options | 7540 jobs Flex hours | 6206 jobs Competitive pay | 5450 jobs Startup environment | 5236 jobs Flex vacation | 4624 jobs Salary bonus | 4605 jobs Team events | 4504 jobs Insurance | 4126 jobs Medical leave | 4100 jobs Parental leave | 3966 jobs Wellness | 2628 jobs 401(k) matching | 2532 jobs Conferences | 1095 jobs Home office stipend | 1088 jobs Relocation support | 1027 jobs Flexible spending account | 983 jobs Transparency | 883 jobs Fitness / gym | 872 jobs

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