Salary for Executive-level / Director Systems Engineer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Systems Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 188,640

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The average executive-level / director Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 125,760 and USD 196,600 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
Systems Engineer
Experience
Executive-level / Director
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 295,000
Top 25%
$ 196,600
Median
$ 188,640
Bottom 25%
$ 125,760
Bottom 10%
$ 125,760

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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Top 20 Job Tags for Executive-level / Director Systems Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Systems Engineer job listings are Monitoring, Banking and Security assessment. 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:

Monitoring | 4 jobs Banking | 3 jobs Security assessment | 2 jobs Encryption | 2 jobs PKI | 2 jobs Python | 2 jobs Perl | 2 jobs TCP/IP | 2 jobs Linux | 2 jobs Windows | 2 jobs UNIX | 2 jobs PowerShell | 2 jobs SDLC | 2 jobs Scripting | 2 jobs NoSQL | 2 jobs RDBMS | 2 jobs SAP | 1 jobs Nuclear | 1 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1 jobs Risk assessment | 1 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Systems Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Systems Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. 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 | 4 jobs Health care | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Competitive pay | 2 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Medical leave | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs

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