United States · USD
Data Engineer salary in United States
The median salary in Data Engineer job ads in United States is $191,000 a year (about $15,917 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $160,850 to $227,100, based on 52 salaries from 38 employers, updated 22 Oct 2026.
- Median in job ads
- $191,000
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $218,500
- Aug 2026
- Low $183,800 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 52
- from 38 employers
- Last updated
- 22 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 22 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $136,810
- 25th percentile
- $160,850
- Median
- $191,000
- 75th percentile
- $227,100
- 90th percentile
- $269,270
52 salaries · 84 live United States jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Based on 52 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
Salary brackets
Data Engineer salary brackets in United States
How the 52 comparable salary observations behind the percentile band above spread across USD pay brackets, annualised and United States only. Shares are of observations, not of employers.
| Pay bracket | Relative size | Share and count of listings |
|---|---|---|
| Under $120K | 4% 2 listings | |
| $120K–$140K | 8% 4 listings | |
| $140K–$160K | 13% 7 listings | |
| $160K–$180K | 19% 10 listings | |
| $180K–$200KMedian here | 11% 6 listings | |
| $200K–$220K | 15% 8 listings | |
| $220K–$240K | 6% 3 listings | |
| $240K–$260K | 10% 5 listings | |
| $260K–$280K | 8% 4 listings | |
| $280K and over | 6% 3 listings |
Brackets are equal-width and rounded; the open-ended rows collect the lowest and highest observations, and the bracket that holds the median is highlighted. Same cohort and outlier rules as the percentiles above.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| recruitmentmedian $220,000 · 10 salaries | up +15.2% | |
| financemedian $211,463 · 12 salaries | up +10.7% | |
| artificial intelligencemedian $197,500 · 9 salaries | up +3.4% | |
| aimedian $190,000 · 39 salaries | down −0.5% | |
| terraformmedian $183,750 · 12 salaries | down −3.8% | |
| pythonmedian $180,000 · 41 salaries | down −5.8% | |
| sqlmedian $178,000 · 38 salaries | down −6.8% | |
| warehousemedian $177,500 · 19 salaries | down −7.1% |
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.
- Staff Security Data EngineerAdobe · Senior level · posted 16 Oct 2026$159,200 – $301,600
- Data Engineer IISpyCloud · Senior level · posted 16 Oct 2026$104,000 – $135,000
- Data Engineer - Talent Acquisition OperationsPalantir · Entry level · posted 16 Oct 2026$100,000 – $145,000
- Data Engineer - OnboardingSardine · posted 17 Oct 2026$150,000 – $205,000
- Senior Data Engineer IISamsara · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$134,470 – $203,400
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
52 salaries from 38 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 79%
- Pay read from posting text 13%
- Other sources 8%
Live jobs
Data Engineer jobs in United States
- Senior Data Engineer
Sofi · Cottonwood Heights, Utah, United States
- Quality Data Engineer
Hp · Texas, United States of America
$73.8K – $113.7K/yr · listed by the employer
- Data Engineer
Humana · Louisville, Kentucky, United States
$97.9K – $133.5K/yr · listed by the employer
- Senior Data Engineer - EDA Datacenter Analytics and Observability
NVIDIA · CA, Santa Clara
- Data Engineer
Medtronic · Colorado, United States of America
- Staff Data Engineer (Azure Databricks Platform)
Cvshealth · IL - Work from home
Reading this number
What this number does—and does not—mean
The range summarizes salary-listed Jobiba jobs in United States. It is not a promise of what one employer will pay, and it is not converted from another country's currency. Experience, city, seniority, skills and company can move an individual offer materially.
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 $191,000 a year, based on 52 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $160,850 and $227,100 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Jobiba calculate Data Engineer salary in United States?
From 52 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.