What is the average ETL salary?

$195K a year on average and $188K at the median, across 470 open ETL postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.

What is the typical range?

The middle half of the postings offer $154K to $225K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest ETL pay?

Anthropic ($425K), Twenty ($324K), OpenAI ($310K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is an etl a high-paying job?

The median ETL posting advertises $188K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 8% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as an etl?

A tenth of the postings offer $264K a year or more; the highest open ETL role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the ETL salary per hour and per month?

The median of $188K a year is about $90 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,625 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $74 to $108 an hour.

Which skills pay more for ETL roles?

Postings that ask for Terraform (+$23K, 50 postings), Kafka (+$15K, 65 postings), Docker (+$12K, 75 postings) advertise more than the $188K median of all ETL postings with pay.

What does an entry-level etl make?

5 junior and intern ETL postings state pay, with a median of $142K a year ($68 an hour).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

ETL Salary: $195K Average, $188K Median (Nov 2026)

ETL salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $227K, 21% more than senior roles ($188K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$188K	$160K–$202K	155
Lead and above	$227K	$188K–$260K	102
No level in the title	$176K	$142K–$210K	208

ETL salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$214K	142
🇺🇸California	$210K	172
🇺🇸New York, NY	$194K	96
🇺🇸Seattle, WA	$190K	31
🇺🇸United States	$190K	427
🇺🇸Texas	$184K	16
🇺🇸Washington, DC	$180K	21
🇺🇸Chicago, IL	$166K	15
🇺🇸Denver, CO	$165K	17

Skills that pay more for ETL roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
Terraform	$211K	+$23K	50
Kafka	$202K	+$15K	65
Docker	$200K	+$12K	75
GCP	$200K	+$12K	116
Kubernetes	$199K	+$12K	97

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Anthropic	$425K	9
Twenty	$324K	5
OpenAI	$310K	3
Pinterest	$271K	5
Invisible Technologies	$255K	3
Scale AI	$243K	10
Machinify	$240K	3
CodeRabbit	$235K	3
Ramp	$234K	4
Databricks	$226K	29
Anduril Industries	$222K	9
Airwallex	$218K	4
Airbyte	$216K	3
Oscar Health	$209K	3
Motional	$206K	4
Datavant	$205K	3
Coinbase	$202K	4
Cuesta Partners	$200K	3
Notion	$198K	3
Fivetran	$192K	37
Avalore, LLC	$192K	4
Block	$192K	3
Northbeam	$188K	6
Samsara	$184K	11
K2 Space	$165K	4

Highest-paying open ETL roles

All ETL jobs

Engineering Manager, Research Data PlatformAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $850KMachine LearningBigQueryClickHouse4mo
Research Engineer / Scientist, Pre-trainingAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$500K - $850KRemotePythonMachine LearningLLM2w
Research EngineerMagic.dev · 🇺🇸San Francisco$275K - $550KLLMDeep learningETL34mo
Senior Director of Engineering, Native DataApollo.io · 🇺🇸Hybrid, San Francisco$349K - $502KHybridLead and aboveHubSpotData qualityETL7w
Forward Deployed Data Engineer – TS/SCI (Full Scope Poly)Twenty · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA$192K - $455KGoPythonTypeScript6w
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - TS/SCI (CI Poly)Twenty · 🇺🇸Fort Meade, MD$192K - $455KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript10d
Lakebase Associate Director- Financial ServicesDatabricks · 🇺🇸United States$292K - $402KLead and abovePostgreSQLGCPAzure2mo
Lakebase Associate Director, Healthcare & Life SciencesDatabricks · 🇺🇸Central - United States; Northeast - United States; South…$292K - $402KLead and abovePostgreSQLGCPAzure5mo
Principal Software Engineer, Creator AnalyticsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLead and aboveGoPythonJava2d
Software Engineer, Context EngineSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KGoPythonTypeScript3w
Data EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$235K - $385KHybridPythonJavaScala38mo
Data Engineer, Core ExperimentationOpenAI · 🇺🇸Seattle$347K - $385KHybridPythonJavaScala5w
Enterprise Account ExecutiveFivetran · 🇺🇸Remote, Minnesota, United States, AMER$151K - $378KRemotedbtETL3w
Enterprise Account ExecutiveFivetran · 🇺🇸Remote, Texas, United States, AMER$151K - $378KRemotedbtETL3w
Software Engineer - Data InfrastructureFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$153K - $376KGoPythonSQL17mo
Tech Lead Manager, Data EngineerWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, USA$298K - $368KLead and abovePythonJavaC++5mo
Manager II, Engineering- Analytics Engineering, Core Data SciencePinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemotePythonSQLR6w
Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure Data EngineeringPinterest · 🇺🇸New York, NY, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLdbt3w
Staff Software Engineer, Public SectorScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Washingto…$189K - $362KLead and aboveDockerGCPAzure7mo
Senior Staff Frontier Agents EngineerScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; New York, NY$288K - $360KLead and abovePythonDockerTerraform6mo

Questions about ETL pay

What is the average ETL salary?: $195K a year on average and $188K at the median, across 470 open ETL postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
What is the typical range?: The middle half of the postings offer $154K to $225K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest ETL pay?: Anthropic ($425K), Twenty ($324K), OpenAI ($310K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is an etl a high-paying job?: The median ETL posting advertises $188K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 8% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as an etl?: A tenth of the postings offer $264K a year or more; the highest open ETL role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the ETL salary per hour and per month?: The median of $188K a year is about $90 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,625 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $74 to $108 an hour.
Which skills pay more for ETL roles?: Postings that ask for Terraform (+$23K, 50 postings), Kafka (+$15K, 65 postings), Docker (+$12K, 75 postings) advertise more than the $188K median of all ETL postings with pay.
What does an entry-level etl make?: 5 junior and intern ETL postings state pay, with a median of $142K a year ($68 an hour).
Where do these figures come from?: From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

ETL salary: $188K median