Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 115,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 38 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Data Engineer salary lies between USD 87,550 and USD 146,000 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
Entry-level / Junior
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
38
Top 10%
$ 185,000
Top 25%
$ 146,000
Median
$ 115,000
Bottom 25%
$ 87,550
Bottom 10%
$ 52,500

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 Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer roles

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

Python | 385 jobs SQL | 376 jobs Engineering | 340 jobs Pipelines | 234 jobs ETL | 215 jobs Computer Science | 214 jobs AWS | 182 jobs Azure | 169 jobs Spark | 154 jobs Big Data | 152 jobs Data pipelines | 148 jobs Architecture | 127 jobs Machine Learning | 125 jobs Java | 120 jobs GCP | 119 jobs Agile | 110 jobs Git | 106 jobs Airflow | 96 jobs Security | 94 jobs Power BI | 92 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Data Engineer job listings are Career development, Startup environment 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 | 243 jobs Startup environment | 109 jobs Flex hours | 95 jobs Team events | 84 jobs Health care | 77 jobs Competitive pay | 70 jobs Salary bonus | 50 jobs Flex vacation | 49 jobs Equity / stock options | 44 jobs Insurance | 44 jobs Medical leave | 32 jobs Parental leave | 31 jobs Wellness | 27 jobs 401(k) matching | 24 jobs Relocation support | 18 jobs Fitness / gym | 8 jobs Gear | 6 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Home office stipend | 6 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 5 jobs

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