Data Engineer salary in Washington
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 7, 2026
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Data Engineer pay in Washington is measured from 10 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is mid-level, where 10 postings put the middle half between $126,800 and $133,600, with a median of $128,435.
Against the 9 other measured markets for data engineer at mid-level, this sits below 6 of them; San Francisco leads at $205,000.
16 data engineer roles are open in Washington right now, 13 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $126,800 – $133,600 | $128,435 | 10 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open data engineer roles in Washington · 13 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $92,300–$200,000scale $50,000–$280,000
Data Engineer (SQL) OpenDataJobs · Washington $120,000–$140,000 2w ago Junior Data Engineer (SQL) OpenDataJobs · Washington $80,000–$95,000 2w ago Senior Data Engineer (SQL) OpenDataJobs · Washington $150,000–$170,000 2w ago Data Engineer Leidos · Washington $92,300–$166,850 3w ago 
Chief Data Engineer CACI · Washington $114,600–$252,100 4w ago Data Engineer Accenture Federal Services · Washington $93,400–$176,200 2mo ago Data Engineer, Mid Bah · Washington $77,600–$176,000 2mo ago 
Senior Data Engineer Gibson Dunn · New York $150,000–$200,000 2mo ago Data Engineer Bah · Washington $77,600–$176,000 2mo ago 
Senior Data Engineer, Public Sector Scale AI · Washington $180,000–$225,000 3mo ago 
Data Engineer M9 Solutions · Washington $150,000–$164,000 4mo ago Sr. Data Engineer Accenture Federal Services · Washington $116,900–$243,100 8mo ago Cleared Data Engineer Accenture Federal Services · Washington $93,400–$176,200 1y ago Senior Data Engineer Analytica · Washington $142,500–$193,650e 3mo ago Data Engineer Bridge Defense · Washington $126,800–$157,000e 5mo ago Big Data Engineer USM · Washington $126,800–$157,000e 10y ago