Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 173,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 2896 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Engineer salary lies between USD 135,000 and USD 222,775 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.
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- Engineer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 2896
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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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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 | 21211 jobs Python | 20532 jobs Machine Learning | 15398 jobs Pipelines | 13005 jobs Architecture | 12522 jobs Computer Science | 12364 jobs AWS | 12048 jobs SQL | 10856 jobs Security | 9720 jobs Azure | 8463 jobs Testing | 8231 jobs GCP | 7120 jobs Data pipelines | 7098 jobs CI/CD | 7081 jobs Agile | 6660 jobs APIs | 6493 jobs Java | 6414 jobs Research | 6348 jobs Spark | 6133 jobs Kubernetes | 6069 jobsTop 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 | 18481 jobs Health care | 9972 jobs Equity / stock options | 7576 jobs Flex hours | 6662 jobs Competitive pay | 6500 jobs Startup environment | 6436 jobs Salary bonus | 5311 jobs Flex vacation | 4579 jobs Insurance | 4493 jobs Team events | 4360 jobs Parental leave | 3967 jobs Medical leave | 3821 jobs Wellness | 2685 jobs 401(k) matching | 2518 jobs Relocation support | 1271 jobs Transparency | 1226 jobs Conferences | 1095 jobs Home office stipend | 984 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 859 jobs Gear | 773 jobsRelated salaries
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