Microsoft data engineer salary

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Average Microsoft data engineer salary

$139,916yearly

$52.73 hourly rate

Entry-level Microsoft data engineer salary

$108,000 yearly

Updated April 5, 2024

How much does Microsoft pay data engineers?

The average salary for Microsoft data engineers is $139,916 per year. Microsoft data engineer salaries range between $108,000 to $180,000 per year. Microsoft data engineers earn 28% more than the national average salary for data engineers of $109,675.

Location impacts how much a data engineer at Microsoft can expect to make. Data engineers at Microsoft make the most in Mountain View, CA, Redmond, WA, and New York, NY.

How much does Microsoft pay data engineers by location?

Microsoft pays data engineers the most in Mountain View, CA, Redmond, WA, and New York, NY. Additionally, cities like Tempe and Cambridge also report highly competitive salaries for data engineers at Microsoft.

Data engineer Microsoft salary by location

Rank	City	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
1	Mountain View, CA	$164,605	$79.14
2	Redmond, WA	$147,096	$70.72
3	New York, NY	$132,023	$63.47
4	Tempe, AZ	$127,557	$61.33
5	Cambridge, MA	$127,551	$61.32
6	Iselin, NJ	$119,673	$57.54
7	Irving, TX	$116,142	$55.84
8	Chevy Chase, MD	$115,643	$55.60
9	Washington, DC	$114,301	$54.95
10	Reston, VA	$112,791	$54.23

Highest-paid Microsoft data engineers by job level

Rank	Job title	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
1	Lead Data Technician	$151,176	$73	-
2	Senior Data Architect	$144,067	$69	-
3	Lead Data Architect	$140,759	$68	-
4	Data Architect	$140,008	$67	-
5	Data Scientist	$138,764	$67	22
6	ETL Architect	$138,645	$67	-
7	Data Modeler	$132,699	$64	-
8	Engineer	$128,854	$62	-
9	Data Consultant	$127,429	$61	-
10	Data Warehouse Consultant	$123,858	$60	-

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Recent salaries for data engineers at microsoft

Job	Location	Date added	Salary
Data Governance Engineer	New York, NY	06/28/2025	$158,400
Data Governance Engineer	Mountain View, CA	06/28/2025	$158,400
Data Governance Engineer	Redmond, WA	06/28/2025	$158,400
Software Engineer, Data Engineering	Redmond, WA	05/25/2025	$127,200
Data Engineering	Redmond, WA	03/24/2025	$165,380

Data engineer salary at Microsoft competitors

Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
1	Meta	$157,227	$76	1467
2	Google	$146,046	$70	969
3	NVIDIA	$138,994	$67	232
4	Box	$136,960	$66	1
5	Cisco	$132,601	$64	156
6	LinkedIn	$129,388	$62	120
7	Adobe	$127,819	$61	149
8	VMware	$126,926	$61	1
9	Dell	$121,413	$58	14
10	HP	$116,144	$56	13
11	Salesforce	$115,926	$56	186
12	Amd	$114,931	$55	64
13	Sophos	$112,347	$54	-
14	Intel	$104,219	$50	24
15	Oracle	$103,862	$50	7458
16	Red Hat	$94,835	$46	46
17	Lockheed Martin	$93,948	$45	380
18	Cognizant	$93,864	$45	60
19	IBM	$91,952	$44	258
20	Northrop Grumman	$85,813	$41	268

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