Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer during 2024 is USD 100,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 45 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Data Engineer salary lies between USD 60,000 and USD 140,000 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
Entry-level / Junior
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
45
Top 10%
$ 185,000
Top 25%
$ 140,000
Median
$ 100,000
Bottom 25%
$ 60,000
Bottom 10%
$ 38,888

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 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 | 354 jobs SQL | 346 jobs Engineering | 311 jobs Pipelines | 215 jobs ETL | 198 jobs Computer Science | 196 jobs AWS | 171 jobs Azure | 155 jobs Spark | 146 jobs Big Data | 144 jobs Data pipelines | 132 jobs Architecture | 117 jobs Java | 114 jobs Machine Learning | 111 jobs GCP | 111 jobs Git | 105 jobs Agile | 104 jobs Airflow | 92 jobs Power BI | 89 jobs Security | 86 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 | 230 jobs Startup environment | 100 jobs Flex hours | 90 jobs Team events | 75 jobs Health care | 67 jobs Competitive pay | 63 jobs Flex vacation | 46 jobs Salary bonus | 45 jobs Insurance | 42 jobs Equity | 39 jobs Parental leave | 27 jobs Wellness | 25 jobs Medical leave | 25 jobs 401(k) matching | 21 jobs Relocation support | 17 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Home office stipend | 6 jobs Flat hierarchy | 4 jobs Gear | 4 jobs

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