Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer during 2024 is USD 120,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 563 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Data Engineer salary lies between USD 90,000 and USD 158,000 globally. 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
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
563
Top 10%
$ 198,100
Top 25%
$ 158,000
Median
$ 120,000
Bottom 25%
$ 90,000
Bottom 10%
$ 68,000

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 Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer roles

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

SQL | 1151 jobs Engineering | 1138 jobs Python | 1128 jobs Pipelines | 982 jobs ETL | 788 jobs Data pipelines | 750 jobs AWS | 734 jobs Computer Science | 627 jobs Spark | 587 jobs Architecture | 585 jobs Azure | 581 jobs Agile | 485 jobs Big Data | 466 jobs Machine Learning | 451 jobs Security | 406 jobs GCP | 404 jobs Data quality | 399 jobs Java | 390 jobs Testing | 362 jobs Snowflake | 362 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate 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 | 893 jobs Health care | 433 jobs Flex hours | 364 jobs Startup environment | 308 jobs Flex vacation | 263 jobs Team events | 258 jobs Competitive pay | 252 jobs Parental leave | 209 jobs Equity / stock options | 204 jobs Salary bonus | 201 jobs Insurance | 152 jobs Medical leave | 147 jobs Wellness | 116 jobs 401(k) matching | 102 jobs Home office stipend | 58 jobs Gear | 57 jobs Fitness / gym | 50 jobs Relocation support | 43 jobs Transparency | 37 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 36 jobs

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