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ETL Developer Career Market Report 2026

204 active jobs. 78 companies. Median salary $90K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

204
Active Job Openings
78
Companies Hiring
$90K
Median Salary (US)
83%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The ETL Developer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 83% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $90K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $64K to $161K.

Data Pipeline is the most-demanded skill at 100%

Usm leads hiring with 40 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Senior (+$20K, +25%)

Salary increase: +$20K · Sample: Mid-Level → Senior

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 22% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Mid-Level8$69K$80K$161K
Senior7$60K$100K$229K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Senior: +$20K (25%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States22$100KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site0.0%
Remote3.4%
Hybrid1.5%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Data Pipeline
100%
SQL
73%
Java
31%
Unix
25%
Python
22%
DevOps
22%
Azure
16%
AWS
15%
AI/LLM
14%
Bash
13%
Quality Assurance
12%
Linux
11%

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Usm4019.6%
Agtechnologies94.4%
Integratedresources73.4%
Collabera73.4%
Statestreet52.5%
Citi52.5%
Leidos42.0%
Vams42.0%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States123
India19
Mexico5
Philippines4
Singapore4
Qatar3
United Kingdom2
France2

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree52.1%88
Master's Degree17.8%30
Bachelor's Degree11.2%19

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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