Data Engineer vs Backend Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Data Engineer
Backend Engineer
Median salary
$8,565,000
$17,502,250
25th percentile
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75th percentile
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Top 10% earn above
$78,000,078,000
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Listings with salary
231
326
Remote/hybrid
26%
25%
Top skills: Data Engineer
data-engineeringdata-engineersenior-data-engineeretl-developmentdata science & analytics
Top skills: Backend Engineer
backend-developmentsoftware-engineeringsenior-backend-engineerbackend-engineeringsenior-backend-software-engineer
Backend Engineer roles pay 104% more than Data Engineer roles at the median.
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