Data Engineer Salary & Career Guide
What 436 live Data Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.
- Open roles
- 436
- Employers
- 294
- Remote
- 26%
- Typical pay
- $107k–220k
- Verified live (7d)
- 389
Pay by experience
Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it
| Experience | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| 0–2 years | $125k | 15 |
| 3–5 years | $140k | 120 |
| 6–9 years | $140k | 46 |
| 10+ years | $147k | 22 |
What skills do data engineer jobs ask for?
Across 431 data engineer postings that named at least one skill
Python is named by 67% of the 431 data engineer postings that name any skill. Amazon Web Services follows at 57%.
- 67%
- 57%
- 49%
- 36%
- 35%
- 32%
- 29%
- 29%
- 28%
- 27%
How much experience do data engineer jobs ask for?
Minimum years named in the posting · 322 postings stated one
3–5 years is the most common minimum, named by 58% of the 322 data engineer postings that state one.
- 9.6%
- 58%
- 23%
- 9.6%
Are data engineer jobs remote?
Where the work is done · 309 postings stated one
33% of the 309 data engineer postings that say where the work happens are remote, against 31% hybrid and 37% on-site.
- 33%
- 31%
- 37%
Education
The floor the posting sets · 137 postings stated one
- 1.5%
- 0.7%
- 90%
- 7.3%
- 0.7%