Salary for Executive-level / Director Data Engineer during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Data Engineer during 2024 is USD 203,050

✏️ This salary info is based on 46 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average executive-level / director Data Engineer salary lies between USD 145,100 and USD 220,000 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
2024
Sample size
46
Top 10%
$ 273,600
Top 25%
$ 220,000
Median
$ 203,050
Bottom 25%
$ 145,100
Bottom 10%
$ 130,000

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

Last updated: May 5, 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 Big Data. 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 | 83 jobs Architecture | 54 jobs Big Data | 49 jobs Security | 49 jobs Agile | 49 jobs Python | 46 jobs AWS | 45 jobs Computer Science | 44 jobs Java | 41 jobs Pipelines | 40 jobs SQL | 39 jobs Azure | 36 jobs ETL | 32 jobs Spark | 29 jobs Privacy | 29 jobs Machine Learning | 27 jobs Testing | 27 jobs Hadoop | 26 jobs Data pipelines | 25 jobs Kafka | 24 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 69 jobs Startup environment | 47 jobs Health care | 45 jobs Equity | 31 jobs Salary bonus | 27 jobs Flex hours | 25 jobs Parental leave | 23 jobs Insurance | 23 jobs Flex vacation | 22 jobs Competitive pay | 20 jobs Medical leave | 20 jobs Wellness | 18 jobs Team events | 17 jobs 401(k) matching | 12 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Home office stipend | 4 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 4 jobs Flexible spending account | 3 jobs Fertility benefits | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs

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