Salary for Executive-level / Director Data Engineer during 2023

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Data Engineer during 2023 is USD 178,850

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Salary details

The average executive-level / director Data Engineer salary lies between USD 130,000 and USD 225,000 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
Executive-level / Director
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2023
Sample size
96
Top 10%
$ 284,000
Top 25%
$ 225,000
Median
$ 178,850
Bottom 25%
$ 130,000
Bottom 10%
$ 113,000

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 Executive-level / Director Data Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Data Engineer job listings are Engineering, Architecture and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 174 jobs Architecture | 105 jobs Python | 100 jobs Spark | 95 jobs Agile | 90 jobs Pipelines | 88 jobs Machine Learning | 87 jobs Computer Science | 87 jobs SQL | 86 jobs Big Data | 83 jobs Java | 81 jobs Hadoop | 74 jobs AWS | 73 jobs Data pipelines | 72 jobs ETL | 62 jobs Streaming | 62 jobs Security | 61 jobs Azure | 61 jobs Scala | 60 jobs GCP | 60 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Data Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Data Engineer job listings are Career development, Startup environment and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 142 jobs Startup environment | 97 jobs Health care | 78 jobs Flex hours | 52 jobs Flex vacation | 42 jobs Equity | 41 jobs Insurance | 41 jobs Salary bonus | 39 jobs Competitive pay | 38 jobs Parental leave | 32 jobs Team events | 30 jobs Wellness | 25 jobs 401(k) matching | 21 jobs Medical leave | 19 jobs Gear | 15 jobs Home office stipend | 13 jobs Transparency | 12 jobs Fitness / gym | 10 jobs Conferences | 7 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 7 jobs

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