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How much should you be earning as a Data Engineer?

7 pointsby archiewoodalmost 3 years ago

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archiewoodalmost 3 years ago
I scraped data from Reddit, cleaned it, and analyzed it to work out what influences data engineering pay.<p>TLDR:<p>- US or remote roles typically get a $40k+ higher base<p>- There&#x27;s a steep salary trajectory with experience, rising from $73k at entry-level to $135k by Y5<p>- The highest salaries posted were for Telecom companies, followed by Tech<p>- Roles using Apache Spark or Airflow in the tech stack have highest pay<p>Full dataset on Github: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;archiewood&#x2F;reddit_de_salaries&#x2F;blob&#x2F;main&#x2F;data_analysis&#x2F;df_final.csv" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;archiewood&#x2F;reddit_de_salaries&#x2F;blob&#x2F;main&#x2F;d...</a>