Data Engineer Salary in the United States

How much does a Data Engineer make in the United States? The average Data Engineer salary in the United States is $108,110 as of April 27, 2021, but the salary range typically falls between $90,464 and $126,133. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target. 

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Data Engineer II - ETL (Remote)
CarMax - Henrico , VA
Data engineers also need to guarantee compliance with data governance and data security requirements while creating, improving and operationalizing these integrated and reusable data pipelines. This ...
CarMax - 43 days ago
Senior Software Engineer Data (Remote)
CarMax - Henrico , VA
As a Senior Software Engineer, Data you'll be responsible for sourcing and ingesting this data into our Enterprise Data Warehouse and developing robust data marts to support new data-driven ...
CarMax - 48 days ago
Senior Data Engineer
Change Healthcare - Newington , VA
Senior Data Engineer Overview of Position The Senior Data Engineer will be responsible in evolving the data pipeline platform for building pipelines that are scalable, robust and resilient and build ...
Change Healthcare - 1 day ago
Senior Data Engineer (20-02854)
ICONMA - Richmond , VA
I am pleased to announce that we have received a new opening with our direct client and I believe you may be interested in hearing more about it. Data Engineer Location Richmond, VA Duration 8-9 ...
Dice.com - 1 day ago
Data Engineer/Data Architect with AWS AND Snowflake exp
Amiti Consulting, Inc - Richmond , VA
Role Sr. Data Engineer Data Architect with AWS AND Snowflake exp is must Location Richmond, VA (Remote) Duration 12+ month SKILLS AWS- well versed with entire AWS Eco Systems Dynamo DB Snowflake- is ...
Dice.com - 11 days ago
Snowflake Data Engineer
CloudBCLabs - Reston , VA
Job Title Data Engineer - Snowflake Location Remote Job Type Full Time This is Full Time with CloudBC Labs 2+ years of Snowflake experience with migrating workloads to Snowflake Overall 8+ years of ...
Dice.com - 4 days ago

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These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Data Engineer in the United States. The base salary for Data Engineer ranges from $90,464 to $126,133 with the average base salary of $108,110. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $92,260 to $130,564 with the average total cash compensation of $110,476.

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Skills associated with Data Engineer: Data Quality, Design, Reporting, TEAMS

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