Salary for Senior-level / Expert Platform Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Platform Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 168,000

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The average senior-level / expert Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 128,000 and USD 220,000 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 275,800
Top 25%
$ 220,000
Median
$ 168,000
Bottom 25%
$ 128,000
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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 Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Platform Engineer job listings are Cloud, Python and Kubernetes. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 129 jobs Python | 103 jobs Kubernetes | 86 jobs Terraform | 86 jobs AWS | 81 jobs Azure | 76 jobs Computer Science | 67 jobs Automation | 65 jobs Docker | 63 jobs Monitoring | 63 jobs Scripting | 63 jobs GCP | 58 jobs APIs | 56 jobs DevOps | 55 jobs CI/CD | 55 jobs Compliance | 54 jobs Agile | 51 jobs Linux | 49 jobs Windows | 43 jobs Bash | 41 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Platform 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 107 jobs Health care | 73 jobs Equity / stock options | 62 jobs Flex hours | 59 jobs Parental leave | 49 jobs Team events | 49 jobs Insurance | 48 jobs Medical leave | 46 jobs Flex vacation | 42 jobs Transparency | 36 jobs Salary bonus | 36 jobs Competitive pay | 31 jobs Wellness | 30 jobs Startup environment | 22 jobs Gear | 19 jobs Home office stipend | 17 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Travel | 5 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs

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