Data Engineer Salary
How much does a Data Engineer make?
Average salary
$190,060/yr
Average $190K
Low $120KHigh $351K
The average salary for a Data Engineer is $190,060 per year. Data Engineers design and build data pipelines and infrastructure. They ensure data is accessible, reliable, and optimized for analytics and ML workloads.
Highest Paying Locations for Data Engineers
- 1
SF Bay Area
$302,643 per year
Pay by Skill for Data Engineers
Premium against the $190K average.
BigQuery$202K+6%
Python$192K+1%
Snowflake$184K−3%
LLM$165K−13%
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Data Engineer Salaries
The average Data Engineer salary is $190,060 per year.
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