Salary guide
| Measure | Annual pay (USD) |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile | $155,000 |
| Median | $188,000 |
| 75th percentile | $224,000 |
| Lowest listing | $100,000 |
| Highest listing | $450,000 |
| Listings counted | 173 |
| Level | Listings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | 61 | $175,000 |
| Lead | 7 | $186,000 |
| Company | Open listings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Capital One | 24 | $215,000 |
| Anthropic | 6 | $363,000 |
| xAI | 4 | $199,000 |
| Mastercard | 4 | $168,000 |
| Jobgether | 4 | $163,000 |
| Anduril Industries | 4 | $145,000 |
| OpenAI | 3 | $366,000 |
| Discord | 3 | $264,000 |
| Country | Currency | Listings | Median pay | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USD | 145 | $188,000 | $159,000 to $224,000 |
| Canada | USD | 8 | $182,000 | $166,000 to $225,000 |
Design, build, and maintain reliable data pipelines and services that support business and product outcomes across multiple domains.
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Collaborate with and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in full-stack development tools and technologies.
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The median Data Engineer salary in our $100k+ listings is $188,000 a year, based on 173 live USD listings. The middle half of listings pays $155,000 to $224,000. These figures cover only listings that publish a salary of $100k+ or more, so they sit above pay for Data Engineer roles overall.
Individual $100k+ Data Engineer listings range from $100,000 to $450,000 a year. The 25th percentile of listing midpoints is $155,000 and the 75th percentile is $224,000.
Median pay by level in our $100k+ listings: senior $175,000 (61 listings), lead $186,000 (7 listings). Levels with fewer than 5 listings are left out.
The companies with the most open $100k+ Data Engineer listings are Capital One (24 listings, median $215,000), Anthropic (6 listings, median $363,000), xAI (4 listings, median $199,000), Mastercard (4 listings, median $168,000) and Jobgether (4 listings, median $163,000).
The figures come from the salary ranges employers publish in their own job listings, collected from company career pages and applicant-tracking systems. Each listing counts once, at the midpoint of its range. Only USD listings go into the headline figures, and listings that are closed or stale are removed. The data was last refreshed on November 12, 2026.
Yes. Each listing is tagged remote, hybrid or on-site, and remote roles carry a region (US only, EMEA, APAC or global), so you can filter the live job list to the arrangement you want.
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