Data Engineer Salary in India (Senior, Tier-1 cities) — 2026

p25 / p50 / p75 / p90 base compensation, in LPA, from n=72 anonymised records. A cohort only publishes once 12 or more anonymised offers land in it (k≥12 floor) — we never expose individual pay.

15.0 LPA

P25

25.0 LPA

P50 · median

25.0 LPA

P75

40.0 LPA

P90

CTC band distribution

10-20LPA n=19

20-30LPA n=40

30-50LPA n=13

By years of experience

YoE 6-9 p50 25.0 LPA · p25–p90 15.0 LPA – 40.0 LPA n = 72

Data Engineer — other published bands

Mid (3–5 yrs) · Tier-1 (n=99) Mid (3–5 yrs) · Tier-3 (n=85) Senior (6–9 yrs) · Tier-3 (n=87)

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What k≥12 means: every number on this page is aggregated from a cohort of at least 12 anonymised offers, so no individual's compensation can be reverse-engineered. Last refreshed 2026-04-26 from 534,500+ verified job-market records. New to percentiles? How to read a salary band. Read the full methodology.

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