Data Engineer Salary in Melbourne — $170k Median
Data Engineer roles in Melbourne advertise a median salary of $170k (range $114k–$260k) across 44 live listings. See who's hiring and how pay compares by city.
Melbourne's Data Engineer median, $170k, is the highest of any city on this shortlist for the role — $14k above Sydney's $160k and $14k above the national figure. The sample (44) is smaller than Sydney's (106), so treat the gap as directional rather than exact, but it holds up against a genuinely different employer base: no single company dominates the way CBA does in Sydney.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia still leads (13 of 326 matching listings), but Deloitte (11), Kinetic (11), Xero (8), Granite Consulting (7) and Carsales (6) show a more even spread across consulting, SaaS and local tech companies — Xero and Carsales, both homegrown Melbourne tech companies, don't appear in Sydney's top six at all.
Listings grew from 61 in August to 84 in September (+23). With the highest median of any tracked city and a distinct local employer mix, this page has a specific story a generic "Data Engineer" page can't tell.