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 3312 individual salaries reported during 2025

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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.

Job title
Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
3312
Top 10%
$ 281,000
Top 25%
$ 223,400
Median
$ 173,000
Bottom 25%
$ 135,000
Bottom 10%
$ 109,200

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 | 24525 jobs Python | 23693 jobs Machine Learning | 17771 jobs Pipelines | 15116 jobs Architecture | 14631 jobs Computer Science | 14295 jobs AWS | 13936 jobs SQL | 12548 jobs Security | 11354 jobs Azure | 9851 jobs Testing | 9622 jobs CI/CD | 8252 jobs GCP | 8191 jobs Data pipelines | 8172 jobs Agile | 7720 jobs APIs | 7651 jobs Java | 7403 jobs Research | 7314 jobs Kubernetes | 7036 jobs Spark | 7002 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 | 21329 jobs Health care | 11474 jobs Equity / stock options | 8618 jobs Flex hours | 7739 jobs Startup environment | 7418 jobs Competitive pay | 7418 jobs Salary bonus | 6094 jobs Flex vacation | 5267 jobs Insurance | 5182 jobs Team events | 5002 jobs Parental leave | 4566 jobs Medical leave | 4414 jobs Wellness | 3084 jobs 401(k) matching | 2905 jobs Relocation support | 1452 jobs Transparency | 1405 jobs Conferences | 1261 jobs Home office stipend | 1147 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 968 jobs Gear | 887 jobs

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Engineer @ $ 89,473 (Netherlands) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 41,052 (Lithuania) Details
Engineer @ $ 81,316 (India) Details
Engineer @ $ 101,265 (United Kingdom) Details
Engineer @ $ 79,003 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 113,924 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 87,423 (Germany) Details
Engineer @ $ 71,052 (Germany) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 128,050 (Canada) Details
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