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 173,100
✏️ This salary info is based on 1992 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Engineer salary lies between USD 136,000 and USD 223,900 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
- 2025
- Sample size
- 1992
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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 | 15384 jobs Python | 15010 jobs Machine Learning | 11249 jobs Pipelines | 9388 jobs Architecture | 9012 jobs Computer Science | 9001 jobs AWS | 8765 jobs SQL | 7905 jobs Security | 7017 jobs Azure | 6135 jobs Testing | 5888 jobs Data pipelines | 5197 jobs GCP | 5127 jobs CI/CD | 5057 jobs Agile | 4837 jobs Research | 4693 jobs Java | 4684 jobs APIs | 4578 jobs Spark | 4494 jobs Kubernetes | 4448 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 | 13552 jobs Health care | 7235 jobs Equity / stock options | 5617 jobs Flex hours | 4932 jobs Startup environment | 4792 jobs Competitive pay | 4789 jobs Salary bonus | 3857 jobs Flex vacation | 3369 jobs Insurance | 3260 jobs Team events | 3229 jobs Parental leave | 2879 jobs Medical leave | 2798 jobs Wellness | 1943 jobs 401(k) matching | 1790 jobs Relocation support | 938 jobs Transparency | 898 jobs Conferences | 843 jobs Home office stipend | 739 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 623 jobs Fitness / gym | 570 jobsRelated salaries
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