Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer during 2024 is USD 154,780

✏️ This salary info is based on 854 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 196,052 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
854
Top 10%
$ 235,000
Top 25%
$ 196,052
Median
$ 154,780
Bottom 25%
$ 120,000
Bottom 10%
$ 95,325

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 Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer roles

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

Engineering | 2322 jobs Python | 2252 jobs SQL | 2163 jobs Pipelines | 2016 jobs AWS | 1549 jobs Data pipelines | 1529 jobs Spark | 1497 jobs ETL | 1456 jobs Architecture | 1446 jobs Computer Science | 1256 jobs Big Data | 1154 jobs Agile | 1153 jobs Azure | 1103 jobs Java | 996 jobs Machine Learning | 951 jobs Security | 875 jobs GCP | 868 jobs Testing | 857 jobs Airflow | 852 jobs Kafka | 815 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 1867 jobs Health care | 963 jobs Flex hours | 862 jobs Startup environment | 704 jobs Team events | 619 jobs Flex vacation | 572 jobs Competitive pay | 568 jobs Salary bonus | 458 jobs Equity | 453 jobs Parental leave | 403 jobs Insurance | 362 jobs Medical leave | 299 jobs Wellness | 229 jobs 401(k) matching | 210 jobs Fitness / gym | 136 jobs Home office stipend | 120 jobs Gear | 106 jobs Transparency | 84 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 72 jobs Relocation support | 71 jobs

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