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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.
$100,000 - $720,000Based on 51 jobs
Salary Breakdown
Compensation statistics for Data Engineer roles
$100,000
Minimum
$187,500
Median
$196,277
Average
$720,000
Maximum
$100,000Median: $187,500$720,000
Shaded area represents the 25th to 75th percentile range
Data Engineer Salary Trend
$197,221$167,765$138,309
Dec 2025
$146,725
16 jobs
Jan 2026
$188,805
35 jobs
DecJan
Median monthly salary trend derived from job listings in the last 6 months
Top Skills for Data Engineers
Based on median salary of jobs requiring these skills
1
data warehousing
$211,450
8 jobs
2
BigQuery
$188,750
10 jobs
3
python
$174,725
46 jobs
4
SnowFlake
$162,234
16 jobs
5
mlops
$143,139
8 jobs
6
RAG
$141,278
6 jobs
7
LLM
$141,278
6 jobs
8
generative ai
$141,278
6 jobs
9
tableau
$141,250
7 jobs
10
big data
$135,500
7 jobs
Skills extracted from job descriptions and tags
Salary by Experience
Entry Level
$120,000median
$120,0001 jobs$120,000
Mid Level
$153,219median
$106,50018 jobs$445,000
Senior
$170,000median
$132,11321 jobs$267,950
Staff/Principal
$221,500median
$170,95011 jobs$286,650
Top Paying Companies for Data Engineers
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Latest Data Engineer Jobs with Salaries
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SpaceX
2 days ago
Sr. Data Engineer (Starlink Growth)
Redmond, WA
$220K/yr
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SpaceX
2 days ago
Sr. Data Engineer (Starlink Growth)
Hawthorne, CA
$220K/yr
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Anthropic
3 days ago
Data Engineer, Economic Research
San Francisco, CA
$230K - $275K/yr
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Anthropic
4 days ago
People Analytics Data Engineer
San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA
$175K - $245K/yr
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Roblox
4 days ago
Senior Finance Data Engineer
San Mateo, CA, United States
$242K - $294K/yr
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Thoughtful AI
5 days ago
Staff Data Engineer
Remote
$190K - $250K/yr
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