Data Engineer vs Software Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Data Engineer
Software Engineer
Median salary
$80,000,090,000
$NaN
25th percentile
$6,000,001
$4,000,040,000
75th percentile
$80,000,103,700
$4,000,040,000
Top 10% earn above
$80,000,103,700
$65,000,080,000
Listings with salary
11
121
Remote/hybrid
45%
19%
Top skills: Data Engineer
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Top skills: Software Engineer
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Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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