Salaries · updated Nov 10, 2026
Data engineer salaries
From the base pay ranges companies published on 151 open data engineer jobs paid in US dollars. Equity and bonuses aren't included.
Median pay
$224K
- Typical range
- $186K – $250K
- Middle half of jobs
- $202K – $271K
- Jobs with US salary
- 151
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By company
Median published pay by company
| Company | Pay on a $0 to $600K scale | Median | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| $372K | 2 | ||
| $366K | 6 | ||
| $363K | 9 | ||
| $363K | 2 | ||
| $315K | 1 | ||
| $310K | 1 | ||
| $300K | 1 | ||
| $296K | 1 | ||
| $287K | 1 | ||
| $284K | 2 | ||
| $281K | 4 | ||
| $279K | 1 | ||
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| $271K | 3 | ||
| $271K | 3 | ||
| $270K | 7 | ||
| $265K | 2 | ||
| $261K | 1 | ||
| $255K | 1 | ||
| $254K | 1 | ||
| $241K | 2 | ||
| Cisco | $237K | 2 | |
| $235K | 7 | ||
| $230K | 2 | ||
| $223K | 2 | ||
| $219K | 3 | ||
| $219K | 1 | ||
| $215K | 1 | ||
| $214K | 2 | ||
| $213K | 53 | ||
| $210K | 1 | ||
| $208K | 4 | ||
| $190K | 1 | ||
| $188K | 1 | ||
| Shield AI | $183K | 3 | |
| $180K | 1 | ||
| $175K | 1 | ||
| $152K | 3 | ||
| $150K | 9 | ||
| $146K | 1 |
Open roles
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Dec 9CiscoData Engineering Technical Leader - CX AISan Jose, California, US$166K – $308K
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Sep 28Shield AIStaff Engineer, Data Platform (R5659)San Diego, California$200K – $300K
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Nov 4CiscoSenior Data Engineer, Network PlatformRemoteRemote - California, USA$149K – $282K
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Jul 29Shield AISenior Staff Data Engineer, Databricks (R6508)United States$145K – $220K
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Oct 27Shield AIData Engineer, Finance (R6329)San Diego, California$97K – $140K
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