Data Engineer Salary in 2022

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in 2022 is USD 135,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 488 individual salaries reported during 2022

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 175,000 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
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2022
Sample size
488
Top 10%
$ 213,000
Top 25%
$ 175,000
Median
$ 135,000
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
Bottom 10%
$ 68,293

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: May 19, 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 2022 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 3357 jobs Python | 3299 jobs SQL | 3014 jobs Pipelines | 2891 jobs AWS | 2365 jobs Data pipelines | 2106 jobs ETL | 1989 jobs Spark | 1947 jobs Big Data | 1552 jobs Computer Science | 1527 jobs Machine Learning | 1452 jobs Airflow | 1446 jobs Agile | 1358 jobs Kafka | 1156 jobs Scala | 1149 jobs Architecture | 1128 jobs GCP | 1098 jobs Redshift | 1096 jobs Streaming | 1076 jobs Snowflake | 1037 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 Startup environment. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2022 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 2633 jobs Health care | 1445 jobs Startup environment | 1289 jobs Flex hours | 1252 jobs Team events | 1027 jobs Flex vacation | 977 jobs Competitive pay | 888 jobs Equity | 849 jobs Parental leave | 651 jobs Insurance | 641 jobs Salary bonus | 533 jobs Medical leave | 505 jobs Wellness | 384 jobs 401(k) matching | 363 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 310 jobs Home office stipend | 307 jobs Fitness / gym | 247 jobs Conferences | 234 jobs Gear | 144 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 136 jobs

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