Data Engineer Salary in 2024

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in 2024 is USD 140,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 768 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 106,050 and USD 184,000 globally. 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
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
768
Top 10%
$ 220,000
Top 25%
$ 184,000
Median
$ 140,000
Bottom 25%
$ 106,050
Bottom 10%
$ 80,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: March 24, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Data Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering 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:

Python | 2390 jobs Engineering | 2360 jobs SQL | 2332 jobs Pipelines | 2033 jobs ETL | 1551 jobs AWS | 1516 jobs Data pipelines | 1510 jobs Spark | 1398 jobs Architecture | 1343 jobs Computer Science | 1308 jobs Azure | 1219 jobs Big Data | 1207 jobs Agile | 1150 jobs Java | 978 jobs Machine Learning | 939 jobs GCP | 868 jobs Testing | 838 jobs Security | 822 jobs Airflow | 797 jobs Scala | 779 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with 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 | 1920 jobs Health care | 932 jobs Flex hours | 904 jobs Startup environment | 780 jobs Team events | 613 jobs Flex vacation | 581 jobs Competitive pay | 575 jobs Salary bonus | 467 jobs Parental leave | 431 jobs Equity | 416 jobs Insurance | 362 jobs Medical leave | 304 jobs Wellness | 228 jobs 401(k) matching | 208 jobs Fitness / gym | 127 jobs Gear | 108 jobs Home office stipend | 105 jobs Transparency | 90 jobs Relocation support | 76 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 73 jobs

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