Data Engineer Salary in United States during 2024

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in United States during 2024 is USD 146,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 1448 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 113,000 and USD 187,000 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
Data Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
1448
Top 10%
$ 226,000
Top 25%
$ 187,000
Median
$ 146,000
Bottom 25%
$ 113,000
Bottom 10%
$ 90,000

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.

Last updated: May 26, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Data Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and SQL. 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:

Engineering | 4647 jobs Python | 4594 jobs SQL | 4525 jobs Pipelines | 3958 jobs ETL | 3046 jobs AWS | 2996 jobs Data pipelines | 2956 jobs Spark | 2721 jobs Architecture | 2661 jobs Computer Science | 2569 jobs Azure | 2273 jobs Big Data | 2229 jobs Agile | 2168 jobs Java | 1872 jobs Machine Learning | 1819 jobs Security | 1760 jobs GCP | 1694 jobs Airflow | 1580 jobs Testing | 1580 jobs Data quality | 1557 jobs

Top 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 Flex hours. 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 | 3714 jobs Health care | 1827 jobs Flex hours | 1643 jobs Startup environment | 1367 jobs Team events | 1151 jobs Flex vacation | 1106 jobs Competitive pay | 1081 jobs Equity / stock options | 933 jobs Salary bonus | 893 jobs Parental leave | 793 jobs Insurance | 712 jobs Medical leave | 607 jobs Wellness | 465 jobs 401(k) matching | 418 jobs Fitness / gym | 237 jobs Home office stipend | 219 jobs Gear | 202 jobs Relocation support | 158 jobs Transparency | 154 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 136 jobs

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