Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 156,156

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 125,000 and USD 196,900 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
700
Top 10%
$ 234,000
Top 25%
$ 196,900
Median
$ 156,156
Bottom 25%
$ 125,000
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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 5, 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 | 2012 jobs Python | 1943 jobs SQL | 1876 jobs Pipelines | 1752 jobs AWS | 1341 jobs Data pipelines | 1328 jobs Spark | 1310 jobs Architecture | 1260 jobs ETL | 1254 jobs Computer Science | 1090 jobs Agile | 1015 jobs Big Data | 1006 jobs Azure | 966 jobs Java | 846 jobs Machine Learning | 824 jobs Security | 753 jobs GCP | 749 jobs Testing | 745 jobs Airflow | 735 jobs Kafka | 727 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 | 1614 jobs Health care | 840 jobs Flex hours | 767 jobs Startup environment | 625 jobs Team events | 530 jobs Flex vacation | 518 jobs Competitive pay | 468 jobs Salary bonus | 406 jobs Equity | 392 jobs Parental leave | 370 jobs Insurance | 320 jobs Medical leave | 260 jobs Wellness | 200 jobs 401(k) matching | 186 jobs Fitness / gym | 120 jobs Home office stipend | 109 jobs Gear | 93 jobs Transparency | 72 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 65 jobs Relocation support | 61 jobs

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