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 172,750
✏️ This salary info is based on 2450 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Engineer salary lies between USD 135,000 and USD 223,400 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
- 2450
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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 | 18747 jobs Python | 18221 jobs Machine Learning | 13663 jobs Pipelines | 11471 jobs Architecture | 11064 jobs Computer Science | 10938 jobs AWS | 10699 jobs SQL | 9585 jobs Security | 8577 jobs Azure | 7514 jobs Testing | 7230 jobs GCP | 6306 jobs Data pipelines | 6289 jobs CI/CD | 6207 jobs Agile | 5915 jobs Java | 5682 jobs APIs | 5648 jobs Research | 5644 jobs Spark | 5441 jobs Kubernetes | 5419 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 | 16393 jobs Health care | 8848 jobs Equity / stock options | 6783 jobs Flex hours | 5928 jobs Competitive pay | 5786 jobs Startup environment | 5780 jobs Salary bonus | 4732 jobs Flex vacation | 4115 jobs Insurance | 3975 jobs Team events | 3923 jobs Parental leave | 3516 jobs Medical leave | 3403 jobs Wellness | 2389 jobs 401(k) matching | 2241 jobs Relocation support | 1123 jobs Transparency | 1111 jobs Conferences | 995 jobs Home office stipend | 893 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 762 jobs Gear | 697 jobsRelated salaries
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