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Data engineer salary

The median posted base pay for data engineering jobs is $183K a year, from 840 open jobs at 512 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $150K to $213K. One job in ten has posted pay above $250K.

Data of . This is posted base pay, not total pay. It does not include stock or a bonus.

Median posted base pay
$183K
Middle half of the jobs
$150K to $213K
10th to 90th percentile
$128K to $250K
Open jobs with posted pay
840
Companies
512

Data engineer pay by level

Posted base pay for data engineering jobs, by the level in the job title. A level needs 20 or more jobs with posted pay.

  • Level not stated377 jobs$165K$137K to $208K
  • Senior324 jobs$180K$155K to $203K
  • Staff98 jobs$234K$196K to $252K
  • Principal26 jobs$223K$208K to $270K
Each band goes from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The darker part is the middle half of the jobs. The line is the median. This is posted base pay, not total pay.
Pay bands by level, data engineering. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Level10th25thMedian75th90thJobs with pay
Level not stated$115K$137K$165K$208K$246K377
Senior$139K$155K$180K$203K$226K324
Staff$176K$196K$234K$252K$286K98
Principal$187K$208K$223K$270K$304K26

Top-paying companies for data engineering jobs

The companies with the highest median posted base pay for data engineering jobs. A company name opens its levels in the pay explorer.

  1. 1Anthropic$363K7 jobs
  2. 2Horizon3$226K6 jobs
  3. 3xAI$215K5 jobs
  4. 4Capital One$211K51 jobs
  5. 5Airwallex$210K5 jobs
  6. 6Peregrine Technologies$201K6 jobs
  7. 7Atlassian$193K5 jobs
  8. 8Anduril Industries$192K8 jobs
  9. 9Xometry$190K5 jobs
  10. 10Samsara$184K11 jobs
  11. 11General Motors$161K7 jobs
  12. 12Agile Defense$150K17 jobs
  13. 13Accenture Federal Services$149K20 jobs
  14. 14Tillster$145K5 jobs
  15. 15Deloitte$144K24 jobs
  16. 16SMX$137K5 jobs
  17. 17Contact Government Services, LLC$133K12 jobs
The median posted base pay of each company for data engineering jobs. We use the middle point of each posted range. A company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay. This is posted base pay, not total pay.

Data engineer pay by US region

The median posted base pay for data engineering jobs in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs.

  • Bay Area222 jobs+11%$205K
  • New York175 jobs+10%$203K
  • US remote169 jobs0%$184K
  • Other US cities349 jobs−7%$172K
The median posted base pay for data engineering in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs ($185K). A job that lists two regions counts in each region. A region needs 20 or more jobs. This is posted base pay, not total pay.
Pay by region, data engineering. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
RegionMedian posted base payAgainst the US medianJobs with pay
Bay Area$205K+11%222
New York$203K+10%175
US remote$184K0%169
Other US cities$172K−7%349
All US jobs$185K0%755

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How we compute these numbers

We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.

We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A role page needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay. In the bar chart, a company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay.

The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.