Data Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 128,550
✏️ This salary info is based on 26 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 84,370 and USD 168,300 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
- Data Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 26
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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 Data Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Cloud, Python and AWS. 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:
Cloud | 56 jobs Python | 55 jobs AWS | 40 jobs SQL | 40 jobs Analytics | 37 jobs Agile | 30 jobs Computer Science | 28 jobs Big Data | 26 jobs Machine Learning | 25 jobs Azure | 24 jobs Kafka | 24 jobs Compliance | 23 jobs Automation | 22 jobs CI/CD | 22 jobs Clearance | 20 jobs S3 | 19 jobs Docker | 19 jobs Terraform | 19 jobs APIs | 19 jobs Java | 17 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data 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 | 43 jobs Health care | 29 jobs Equity / stock options | 19 jobs Insurance | 19 jobs Flex hours | 15 jobs Team events | 15 jobs Flex vacation | 13 jobs Salary bonus | 12 jobs Competitive pay | 11 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Medical leave | 8 jobs Startup environment | 7 jobs 401(k) matching | 6 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Travel | 2 jobs Fertility benefits | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobsRelated salaries
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