Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Platform Engineer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Platform Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 137,510

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 119,574 and USD 190,000 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
Platform Engineer
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
14
Top 10%
$ 230,000
Top 25%
$ 190,000
Median
$ 137,510
Bottom 25%
$ 119,574
Bottom 10%
$ 107,957

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 Mid-level / Intermediate Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Platform Engineer job listings are Cloud, Kubernetes 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 | 16 jobs Kubernetes | 12 jobs AWS | 11 jobs Linux | 11 jobs Azure | 10 jobs Java | 9 jobs Python | 9 jobs Terraform | 9 jobs Scripting | 9 jobs GCP | 8 jobs Agile | 8 jobs Bash | 8 jobs Risk management | 7 jobs Monitoring | 7 jobs Helm | 7 jobs IAM | 7 jobs Automation | 6 jobs Clearance | 6 jobs Rust | 6 jobs Ansible | 6 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Platform Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. 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 | 9 jobs Health care | 8 jobs Startup environment | 8 jobs Flex hours | 5 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Competitive pay | 2 jobs Team events | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs

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