Data engineer salary in San Diego
15 data engineer roles in San Diego, from 11 employers and posted Oct 21–27, 2026, list a yearly salary range. The median bottom of those ranges is $131K and the median top is $229K. The middle half of the bottoms runs from $104K to $153K, and the middle half of the tops from $179K to $289K.
These are the ranges employers published in their own postings. They are not offers, not what people are paid and not a market average. Of the 17 data engineer roles in San Diego RoleWeek lists, 15 are counted here. Roles of every level are counted together. Data as of .
How the posted ranges spread
| Measure | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom of the posted range | $104K | $131K | $153K |
| Top of the posted range | $179K | $229K | $289K |
Not counted: 1 role lists no salary and 1 lists pay by the hour. Pay by the hour, week or month is never converted or mixed with yearly ranges, and each page uses one currency.
Roles that list a yearly salary
All 15, newest first. Show all data engineer roles in San Diego that list a salary
Human Performance Data Scientist II
GDITSan Diego, Hurlburt Field +2$92.3K–$124.9K/yrRMidData Analytics Engineer
BerkleySan Diego$117K–$139K/yrPower BISQL3+ yrsPrincipal Data Engineer, Biometrics
NeurocrineSan Diego, CAOn-site$132.7K–$182K/yrSAPPythonSenior Director, Commercial Analytics & Decision Science
Travere TherapeuticsSan DiegoRemote$219K–$285K/yr12+ yrsSr. Database Engineer
LeidosSan Diego, CA$131.3K–$237.3K/yrPostgreSQLKubernetes12+ yrsSenior Data Engineer
TillsterSan Diego, Seattle +2Hybrid$150K–$175K/yrdbtRedshift4+ yrsLife Sciences Data Management, AVP (MDM/DGov)
DeloitteSan Diego, Seattle +31$171.6K–$383.3K/yrSalesforceAWS8+ yrsPayer Healthcare Data Scientist, Director
PwCSan Diego, Seattle +39$155K–$410K/yr10+ yrsPrincipal Scientist, R&D Data, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence - Immunology
Johnson & JohnsonSan Diego, Cambridge +3Hybrid$117K–$201.2K/yrPythonSQL4+ yrsLead Data Engineer, AI & Modernization
AccentureSan Diego, Kirkland +41Hybrid$87.4K–$293.8K/yrLLMsPython5+ yrsData Engineer
GDITSan Diego, Hurlburt Field +2$83.9K–$113.5K/yrSparkDatabricks3+ yrsLife Sciences Data Management, Lead (MDM/DGov)
DeloitteSan Diego, Seattle +31$134.5K–$265.1K/yrSalesforceAWS6+ yrsLife Sciences Data Management, Senior (MDM/DGov)
DeloitteSan Diego, Seattle +31$116.2K–$229.1K/yrSalesforceAWS4+ yrsStaff Data Scientist, Lead Generation
Launch PotatoSan Diego, Seattle +39Remote$175K–$200K/yrPythonSQLNo account needed5+ yrs
How these numbers are made
- Source: the yearly salary ranges employers publish in their own job postings, for roles RoleWeek lists as posted in the last 7 days. They are what employers advertise, not offers, not what people are paid, and not a market average. RoleWeek lists a share of all developer roles, and an employer decides whether to post a range at all.
- One role is one card: an opening listed for several places counts once on a page. A role listed in several cities counts on each city’s page.
- Bottom and top of each posted range are summarised separately: the median, and the 25th and 75th percentiles (half of the roles fall between them). A role that posts a single figure counts as both its bottom and its top.
- Yearly ranges only, in one currency per page: CA$ for the Canadian cities, $ for US cities and remote roles. Pay by the hour, day, week or month is never converted or mixed in.
- A page exists only when 15 or more roles list a yearly range; a level gets a row at 10. The numbers are rebuilt every day from the roles posted in the last 7 days.
The roles themselves: Data engineer jobs in San Diego (17 posted in the last 7 days). Every city and role type: developer salary ranges by city.