Data Engineer Salary 2026
Data Engineer salary: $150,000 - $300,000 annualized USD across 11 published job ranges. Compare the sample, midpoint median, and current openings.
Salary Overview
Methodology and limitations
Based on 11 active, approved, unexpired listings with complete USD salary ranges. The median uses each listing's range midpoint, not actual employee pay. Monthly, weekly, and hourly rates are annualized at 12 months, 52 weeks, and 2,080 hours. This assumes year-round work, not guaranteed earnings. Equity, tokens, bonuses, and non-USD listings are excluded. Seniority and geography are not adjusted. USD amounts below $1,000 or above $1 million annualized are excluded pending source review; these are data-quality checks, not limits on what a role can pay.
6 employers represented. The largest employer contributes 36% of this sample. This is not a representative market survey.
Newest posting in the sample: October 21, 2026. Posting dates are not verification dates.
Listings behind the numbers
- Data Engineering Lead$180,000 - $300,000 / year
- Senior Data Engineer$205,000 - $230,000 / year
- Analytics Engineer, Customer Experience$200,000 - $250,000 / year
- Senior Market Data Engineer$191,250 - $225,000 / year
- Staff Data Engineer, Market Data$207,485 - $244,100 / year
- Senior Analytics Engineer$200,000 - $250,000 / year
- Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering Platform$186,065 - $218,900 / year
- Senior Analytics Engineer, GFCO Analytics$180,370 - $212,200 / year
- Equities Data Engineer$175,000 - $200,000 / year
- Data Engineer, Cumberland/Options$150,000 - $200,000 / year
Showing the 10 newest of 11 listings in the sample.
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