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    Data Engineer Salary

    Data Engineers design and build data pipelines and infrastructure. They ensure data is accessible, reliable, and optimized for analytics and ML workloads.

    $45,760 - $610,000Based on 48 jobs

    Salary Breakdown

    Compensation statistics for Data Engineer roles

    $45,760

    Minimum

    $187,425

    Median

    $183,491

    Average

    $610,000

    Maximum

    $45,760Median: $187,425$610,000

    Shaded area represents the 25th to 75th percentile range

    Data Engineer Salary Trend

    $207,730$172,144$136,558

    Dec 2025

    $146,725

    16 jobs

    Jan 2026

    $195,925

    54 jobs

    Feb 2026

    $171,000

    49 jobs

    Mar 2026

    $197,563

    52 jobs

    Apr 2026

    $154,280

    6 jobs

    DecFebApr

    Median monthly salary trend derived from job listings in the last 6 months

    Data Engineer Salary by Location

    Based on 21 job listings with salary data

    SF Bay Area
    $198K
    $155K$245K
    Austin
    $198K
    $171K$255K
    Seattle
    $189K
    $141K$225K
    Median salary
    Salary range

    Top Skills for Data Engineers

    BigQuery
    $198Kmedian
    $162K8 jobs$219K
    Tensorflow
    $198Kmedian
    $171K5 jobs$220K
    Deep Learning
    $198Kmedian
    $171K5 jobs$220K
    big data
    $190Kmedian
    $53K11 jobs$495K
    python
    $186Kmedian
    $53K43 jobs$495K
    data warehousing
    $180Kmedian
    $141K6 jobs$225K
    SnowFlake
    $162Kmedian
    $128K7 jobs$255K
    arcgis
    $158Kmedian
    $110K8 jobs$158K
    GIS
    $158Kmedian
    $103K9 jobs$158K
    tableau
    $151Kmedian
    $120K5 jobs$186K

    Salary by Experience

    Mid Level
    $158Kmedian
    $53K14 jobs$495K
    Senior
    $191Kmedian
    $103K20 jobs$225K
    Staff/Principal
    $209Kmedian
    $171K14 jobs$255K

    Top Paying Companies for Data Engineers

    1
    Netflix logo

    Netflix

    1 job
    $495,000
    $495,000 - $495,000
    2
    Smarter Technologies logo

    Smarter Technologies

    2 jobs
    $255,000
    $255,000 - $255,000
    3
    Unity logo

    Unity

    3 jobs
    $245,000
    $193,500 - $245,000
    4
    Airbnb logo

    Airbnb

    1 job
    $229,500
    $229,500 - $229,500
    5
    Paypal logo

    Paypal

    5 jobs
    $198,000
    $198,000 - $219,425

    Ranked by median salary from disclosed compensation data

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