Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 128,800

✏️ This salary info is based on 444 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Data Engineer salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 165,000 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
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
444
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 165,000
Median
$ 128,800
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
Bottom 10%
$ 77,000

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 19, 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 | 996 jobs Engineering | 982 jobs Python | 976 jobs Pipelines | 830 jobs ETL | 663 jobs AWS | 637 jobs Data pipelines | 626 jobs Computer Science | 542 jobs Spark | 511 jobs Azure | 506 jobs Architecture | 495 jobs Agile | 427 jobs Big Data | 397 jobs Machine Learning | 385 jobs GCP | 344 jobs Data quality | 343 jobs Java | 342 jobs Security | 332 jobs Testing | 314 jobs Snowflake | 303 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 | 767 jobs Health care | 368 jobs Flex hours | 320 jobs Startup environment | 267 jobs Flex vacation | 233 jobs Team events | 226 jobs Competitive pay | 223 jobs Salary bonus | 178 jobs Parental leave | 177 jobs Equity | 150 jobs Insurance | 122 jobs Medical leave | 121 jobs Wellness | 104 jobs 401(k) matching | 80 jobs Gear | 50 jobs Fitness / gym | 47 jobs Home office stipend | 47 jobs Relocation support | 33 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 32 jobs Transparency | 29 jobs

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