Backup Engineer Salary in Washington, DC

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How much does a Backup Engineer make in Washington, DC? The average Backup Engineer salary in Washington, DC is $87,931 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $75,841 and $102,695. 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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Sander/Back-up Driver

Misany Engineering & Machining Inc - Clarkdale , AZ

Misany Engineering is looking to hire a full-time sander and back-up delivery driver (no CDL required). Candidate must be able to effectively communicate and co-ordinate with other employees in order ...

ZipRecruiter - 1 day ago

CNC Programmer & Operator - 2nd Shift

WIKA USA - Pasadena , TX

The purpose of this position is to provide a backup programmer and expert operator to assist the CNC programmer when the job load is heavy and to assist the department when issues arise that needs ...

ZipRecruiter - 1 day ago

Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer

HR Direct - Long Beach , CA

Learn and develop skills as the backup programmer for CNC routers, laser and robotic equipment. * Improve basic work procedures for the operations team along with basic QC instructions (if applicable

ZipRecruiter - 8 days ago

Design and Fabrication Process Engineer

Danuser Machine Company - Fulton , MO

Submit recommendations to chief engineer for approval. 6. Serve as primary programmer or backup programmer for lasers, plasma, and brake press. Provide assistance w

ZipRecruiter - 73 days ago

Managed Services Systems Engineer

Managed Solution LLC - San Diego , CA

The Managed Services Systems Engineer (Infrastructure, Storage, and Backups) plays key roles on the ... Infrastructure, Backup/Disaster Recovery Solutions Team Lead: Subject matter-expert on ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 6 days ago

Senior Storage Engineer

Russell Tobin - Downey , CA

Senior Backup Storage Engineer Location: Downey, CA Duration: 12 months contract Pay Range: $65-$75/hr on W2 (DOE) A Senior Backup Storage Engineer is responsible for leading and/or working on the ...

LinkedIn - 17 days ago

What does a Backup Engineer do?

Common responsibilities of a Backup Engineer

Participate in software and hardware licensing, financial and capacity activities that plan for the most efficient way to introduce and maintain datacenter technology within the environment.

October 16, 2022

Manage disaster recovery of the scientific computing environment, for both servers and endpoints.

December 09, 2022

Monitor and correct critical backup issues and create recovery processes for failures and performance bottlenecks and configure alerts for proactive response times.

December 30, 2022

Acting as an overlay and working closely with inside/outside sales teams and partners to sell complex Solutions.

May 05, 2023

Develop longer-range project plans and schedules for individual or work for a small team.

May 11, 2023

Provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

May 14, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Backup Engineer in Washington, DC

Average Base Salary

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75841

102695

87931

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

77082

105919

89501

What is the average salary for Backup Engineer in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Backup Engineer in Washington, DC. The base salary for Backup Engineer ranges from $75,841 to $102,695 with the average base salary of $87,931. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $77,082 to $105,919 with the average total cash compensation of $89,501.

View Average Salary for Backup Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$87,931	$75,841 - $102,695
Bonus	$1,570	$1,241 - $3,224
Total Pay	$89,501	$77,082 - $105,919

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Backup Engineer Salary Near Washington, DC

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Arlington, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $75,855 - $102,713	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Alexandria, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $75,855 - $102,713	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Annandale, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $75,855 - $102,713	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Bowie, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $75,695 - $102,498	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Bethesda, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $75,855 - $102,713	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Silver Spring, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $75,855 - $102,713	COMPARE TO Washington, DC

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About Washington, District of Columbia

Washington, D.C. is located in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. East Coast. Due to the District of Columbia retrocession, the city has a total area of 68.34 square miles (177.0 km2), of which 61.05 square miles (158.1 km2) is land and 7.29 square miles (18.9 km2) (10.67%) is water. The District is bordered by Montgomery County, Maryland to the northwest; Prince George's County, Maryland to the east; Arlington County, Virginia to the south; and Alexandria, Virginia to the west. The south bank of the Potomac River forms the District's border with Virginia and has two major tributaries: the An...

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