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 3720 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Engineer salary lies between USD 135,150 and USD 221,950 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
3720
Top 10%
$ 280,600
Top 25%
$ 221,950
Median
$ 173,000
Bottom 25%
$ 135,150
Bottom 10%
$ 109,000

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.

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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 | 28076 jobs Python | 27082 jobs Machine Learning | 20340 jobs Pipelines | 17323 jobs Architecture | 16868 jobs Computer Science | 16259 jobs AWS | 15858 jobs SQL | 14241 jobs Security | 13041 jobs Azure | 11254 jobs Testing | 11094 jobs CI/CD | 9518 jobs GCP | 9339 jobs Data pipelines | 9300 jobs APIs | 8869 jobs Agile | 8744 jobs Java | 8394 jobs Research | 8309 jobs Kubernetes | 8102 jobs Spark | 7914 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 | 24363 jobs Health care | 13073 jobs Equity / stock options | 9804 jobs Flex hours | 8810 jobs Startup environment | 8492 jobs Competitive pay | 8486 jobs Salary bonus | 6980 jobs Flex vacation | 5961 jobs Insurance | 5869 jobs Team events | 5693 jobs Parental leave | 5115 jobs Medical leave | 4984 jobs Wellness | 3524 jobs 401(k) matching | 3260 jobs Relocation support | 1637 jobs Transparency | 1591 jobs Conferences | 1454 jobs Home office stipend | 1313 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1101 jobs Gear | 1002 jobs

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Engineer @ $ 41,052 (Lithuania) Details
Engineer @ $ 81,316 (India) Details
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