Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Administrator in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Administrator in United States during 2024 is USD 103,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 84 individual salaries reported during 2024

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The average mid-level / intermediate Systems Administrator salary lies between USD 82,450 and USD 138,000 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 Administrator
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
84
Top 10%
$ 172,000
Top 25%
$ 138,000
Median
$ 103,000
Bottom 25%
$ 82,450
Bottom 10%
$ 68,000

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.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Administrator roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Systems Administrator job listings are Clearance, Windows and DoD. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Clearance | 50 jobs Windows | 44 jobs DoD | 43 jobs TS/SCI | 41 jobs DoDD 8570 | 39 jobs Linux | 38 jobs Cloud | 35 jobs CompTIA | 32 jobs Top Secret | 29 jobs Monitoring | 26 jobs Compliance | 22 jobs Computer Science | 22 jobs Security Clearance | 21 jobs Red Hat | 21 jobs Active Directory | 20 jobs Clearance Required | 19 jobs PowerShell | 19 jobs SQL | 19 jobs Polygraph | 17 jobs ITIL | 16 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Administrator roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Systems Administrator job listings are Career development, Health care and Insurance. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 41 jobs Health care | 37 jobs Insurance | 34 jobs Competitive pay | 32 jobs 401(k) matching | 30 jobs Parental leave | 29 jobs Medical leave | 29 jobs Startup environment | 17 jobs Equity / stock options | 14 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs Flex hours | 6 jobs Team events | 4 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs Fertility benefits | 2 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs

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