Network Engineer Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Network Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 123,050

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The average Network Engineer salary lies between USD 87,550 and USD 189,175 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Network Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 241,600
Top 25%
$ 189,175
Median
$ 123,050
Bottom 25%
$ 87,550
Bottom 10%
$ 78,700

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Network Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Network Engineer job listings are Firewalls, Clearance and DoD. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Firewalls | 21 jobs Clearance | 16 jobs DoD | 13 jobs Cloud | 13 jobs Network security | 12 jobs Security Clearance | 12 jobs VPN | 10 jobs CISSP | 9 jobs CCNP | 9 jobs Compliance | 8 jobs Computer Science | 8 jobs DNS | 7 jobs Automation | 7 jobs DoDD 8570 | 7 jobs TS/SCI | 7 jobs Monitoring | 7 jobs Scripting | 7 jobs CISA | 6 jobs CEH | 6 jobs CASP+ | 6 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Network Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Network Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex vacation. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 15 jobs Health care | 12 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Competitive pay | 9 jobs Insurance | 8 jobs Team events | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Startup environment | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Equity / stock options | 3 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs

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