Backend Engineer vs Data Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Backend Engineer
Data Engineer
Median salary
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25th percentile
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75th percentile
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$10,126,013
Top 10% earn above
$70,000,075,000
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Listings with salary
327
238
Remote/hybrid
24%
27%
Top skills: Backend Engineer
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Top skills: Data Engineer
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Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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