Data engineer salary in Chicago

Median

$151K

Middle half

$126K–$169K

Postings

75

Base pay that employers stated in their own postings, first seen since November 2025, one posting per employer and title. These are pay ranges in job ads, not what anyone was paid. Updated November 4, 2026. How we count

Open data engineer jobs in Chicago

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Staff Engineer, Data PlatformDRW · Chicago, New York City, London$200K–$275KData EngineerJavaPythonSQL+6Live, first seen by us 2 days ago

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Senior Data Engineer, Unified PlatformDRW · Chicago, New York City, London$160K–$250KData EngineerBashJavaPython+7Live, first seen by us 2 days ago

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Associate Data Engineer 2027 - AI & Data AnalyticsIBM · Chicago, ILOpen to new graduatesPay not listedData EngineerJavaJavaScriptPython+14Live, first seen by us 3 days ago

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Data EngineerIBM · Chicago, ILListed 2 timesPay not listedData EngineerPythonSQLAWS+12Live, first seen by us 3 days ago

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Agentic Data Cloud Database Engineer, Google CloudGoogle · Chicago, IL$183K–$265KData EngineerJavaPythonSQL+5Live, first seen by us 5 days ago

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Azure Data EngineerTiger Analytics · Remote in Chicago, Illinois, United StatesPay not listedData EngineerPythonSQLAzure+3Live, first seen by us 5 days ago

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SAS Data Scientist I – Health Data ResearchNORC at the University of Chicago · Hybrid in Chicago - 300 E Randolph StMust already have the right to work$90K–$104KData EngineerPythonRSAS+4Live, first seen by us 7 days ago

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Senior Data EngineerOmnicom Group · Hybrid in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America$110K–$120KData EngineerPythonAWSdbt+6Live, first seen by us 7 days ago

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Data Python Software Engineer IIIJPMorgan Chase · Chicago, IL, United StatesPay not listedData EngineerPythonSQLAWS+1Live, first seen by us 7 days ago

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Database Administrator (Senior)DecisionPoint | Cortek · Remote in Chicago, ILCitizens onlyPay not listedData EngineerSQLSQL ServerLive, first seen by us 7 days ago

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