Salary for Senior-level / Expert Automation Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Automation Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 156,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 24 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Automation Engineer salary lies between USD 117,200 and USD 203,183 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
- Automation Engineer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 24
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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.
Last updated:Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Automation Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Automation Engineer job listings are Automation, Python and Cloud. 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:
Automation | 43 jobs Python | 38 jobs Cloud | 35 jobs Azure | 25 jobs Scripting | 22 jobs CI/CD | 21 jobs AWS | 20 jobs Computer Science | 20 jobs APIs | 19 jobs Monitoring | 18 jobs SOAR | 17 jobs SIEM | 16 jobs Incident response | 15 jobs Compliance | 15 jobs Kubernetes | 14 jobs PowerShell | 14 jobs GCP | 14 jobs Splunk | 13 jobs DevOps | 12 jobs Bash | 12 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Automation Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Automation Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 24 jobs Health care | 23 jobs Flex hours | 17 jobs Medical leave | 17 jobs Salary bonus | 14 jobs Equity / stock options | 13 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs Parental leave | 11 jobs Flex vacation | 11 jobs Competitive pay | 10 jobs Team events | 10 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs 401(k) matching | 7 jobs Fertility benefits | 4 jobs Gear | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Home office stipend | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobsRelated salaries
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