Data Engineer Salary in the United States

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How much does a Data Engineer make in the United States? The average Data Engineer salary in the United States is $111,543 as of , but the salary range typically falls between $96,510 and $127,692. 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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Senior Data Engineer (Mission Driven Company)
Averity - McLean , VA
Are you a Data Engineer who wants their work to matter? Do you want to join a mission-driven company? Then, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to use your Data Engineering talents to help create ...
LinkedIn - 1 day ago
Big Data Engineer, Senior
Precision Solutions - Chantilly , VA
Big Data Engineer, Senior Chantilly, Virginia, USA Top Secret clearance This is an opportunity to support data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry
Upward.net - 6 days ago
Data Engineer / Data Developer (Clearance Required)
Patriot Solutions Group, INC. - Washington , VA
Data Engineer / Data Developer (Senior) * Designs, develops, builds, analyzes, evaluates and installs database management systems to include database modeling and design, relational database ...
ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 10 days ago
Senior Data Engineer - Remote
SemanticBits - Herndon , VA
SemanticBits is looking for a talented Data Engineer who is eager to apply computer science, software engineering, databases, and distributed/parallel processing frameworks to prepare big data for ...
Upward.net - 6 days ago
Senior Data Engineer (Remote US)
FireEye, Inc. - Reston , VA
We are looking for a highly motivated Data Engineer to help build and maintain our tools, services and pipelines to ingest and persist data from varied sources. We process terabytes of security ...
Upward.net - 14 days ago
Big Data Engineer, Senior
Booz Allen Hamilton - Arlington , VA
Big Data Engineer, Senior Arlington , Virginia , USA Apply ( + Be you + Be Booz Allen + Be empowered + Learn More Job Description Location:Arlington, Virginia, USA Remote Work:Hybrid Job Number
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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 $96,510 to $127,692 with the average base salary of $111,543. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $99,877 to $135,366 with the average total cash compensation of $116,104.

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