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Data Engineer salary in United States
The median salary in Data Engineer job ads in United States is $192,000 a year (about $16,000 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $161,000 to $228,200, based on 55 salaries from 40 employers, updated 22 Oct 2026.
Range in job ads
$161,000–$228,200
Median in job ads: $192,000 / year
Based on 55 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
How these figures are built →Analyze my salary →- Median in job ads
- $192,000
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $216,750
- Aug 2026
- Low $177,600 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 55
- from 40 employers
- Last updated
- 22 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 22 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $139,540
- 25th percentile
- $161,000
- Median
- $192,000
- 75th percentile
- $228,200
- 90th percentile
- $269,270
Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Skills and pay
Skills linked to higher Data Engineer pay in United States
How much higher or lower the median is for job posts that mention a skill. It shows an association, not a guarantee: better-paid jobs often bundle several scarce skills with senior scope. Skills with fewer than 8 salaries are left out.
| Skill | Pay premium chart | Pay premium |
|---|---|---|
| financemedian $211,463 · 14 salaries | up +10.1% | |
| recruitmentmedian $197,500 · 11 salaries | up +2.9% | |
| artificial intelligencemedian $193,750 · 10 salaries | up +0.9% | |
| aimedian $191,000 · 42 salaries | down −0.5% | |
| pythonmedian $180,000 · 43 salaries | down −6.2% | |
| sqlmedian $178,000 · 40 salaries | down −7.3% | |
| machine learningmedian $177,500 · 15 salaries | down −7.6% | |
| terraformmedian $177,500 · 13 salaries | down −7.6% |
Pay listed by employers
Latest Data Engineer jobs that show their pay in United States
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Data Engineer, Billing & PaymentsAnthropic · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$320,000 – $405,000
- Lead Data EngineerElastic · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$113,100 – $178,900
- Senior Data EngineerSamsara · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$118,108 – $178,650
- Senior Data Engineer IISamsara · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$134,470 – $203,400
- Data EngineerSamsara · Mid level · posted 17 Oct 2026$99,365 – $167,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
55 salaries from 40 employers, posted between 22 Oct 2025 and 22 Oct 2026. Last updated 22 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 80%
- Pay read from posting text 13%
- Other sources 7%
Live jobs
Data Engineer jobs in United States
Data Engineer
New York, New York, United States
$150K – $175K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Data Engineer, GTM
San Francisco, NY
$320K – $405K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Data Engineer, Billing & Payments
San Francisco, NY
$320K – $405K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Lead Data Engineer
United States
$113.1K – $178.9K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Data Engineer II
United States
$134.5K – $203.4K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Data Engineer
United States
$118.1K – $178.7K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Data Engineer
United States
$99.4K – $167K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Data Engineer - Onboarding
United States
$150K – $205K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
How Jobiba calculates this
Real postings first, estimates second
- • Uses salary-listed Jobiba job posts from the last 12 months, including posts that have since closed.
- • A post counts only when it states a salary, a currency and a pay period.
- • Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay becomes a yearly figure; no currency is converted or mixed.
- • Impossible values and extreme outliers are removed, and title variants are grouped into one role.
- • Reports the median (the middle value, not the average) and the middle half, only when enough posts back them.
- • Pay Jobiba works out for a job without a stated salary is labelled a Jobiba estimate, never shown as employer-provided pay.
Based on 55 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
Data Engineer salary in United States: common questions
What is the average Data Engineer salary in United States in 2026?
Job ads for Data Engineer in United States on Jobiba list a median salary of $192,000 a year, based on 55 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $161,000 and $228,200 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Jobiba calculate Data Engineer salary in United States?
From 55 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.