Data Engineer puts US$215,000 within range

US$215,000 median · typical band US$132,000–US$298,500

What are the career paths from where you are now?

Using the data from the BranchFactor community you can see the steps and timing to achieving this role and salary.

Add your career to see your paths →

What people in this role hold

Experience in the field

what live openings ask for

~3 years

Prior roles

based on 25 arrivals

~2 roles

Usually hired from outside the organisation

based on 23 observed arrivals

87%

Qualifications

Bachelor's

92% in this role

92%

Computer Science

40% in this role

40%

Electrical Engineering

28% in this role

28%

Master's

60% in this role

60%

Information Technology

24% in this role

24%

Data Science

20% in this role

20%

How top earners get paid

Typically 20% of pay in this role is variable.

80%

14%

TypicalUS$114,000 median

BaseBonusEquity

Fewer than 5 records for the top-earner cut.

Maximising Data Engineer pay

Industrybased on user records

Software+54%

Financial Services−38%

Technologybased on advertised openings

dbt+10%

Python+1%

Snowflake+1%

SQL−4%