Median salary
$200,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$167.6k – $235k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
78%
160 of 205 roles
Live roles
205
open right now
Staff / Principal Data Engineer
Machine Learning Engineer, Frontier Data Products
Software Engineer, RL Data
Staff+ Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
Senior Data Engineer - Consumer Subscriptions
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Data Platform)
Software Engineer, Human Data Interface
Data Engineer
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 5 |
| DR DRW | $187,500 | 5 |
Metropolis
|
$160,000 | 5 |
Anthropic
|
$382,500 | 4 |
Point72
|
$250,000 | 4 |
CoreWeave
|
$207,750 | 4 |
The New York Times
|
$135,000 | 4 |
| SA Scale AI | $283,500 | 3 |
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The median salary for Data Engineer roles in New York is $200,000 per year. Most pay falls between $167,568 (25th percentile) and $235,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $134,825 to $276,700.
These figures are computed live from 205 active Data Engineer roles in New York on JobsRadar, of which 160 (78%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Data Engineer roles in New York include AppGate Cybersecurity, Inc., Mercor, Anthropic and xAI.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.