Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Administrator in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Administrator in United States during 2025 is USD 104,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 82 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Systems Administrator salary lies between USD 81,000 and USD 128,000 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
2025
Sample size
82
Top 10%
$ 153,925
Top 25%
$ 128,000
Median
$ 104,000
Bottom 25%
$ 81,000
Bottom 10%
$ 66,000

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.

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Salary trend

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, DoD and DoDD 8570. 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:

Clearance | 54 jobs DoD | 47 jobs DoDD 8570 | 40 jobs Cloud | 40 jobs Windows | 39 jobs VMware | 33 jobs Linux | 30 jobs TS/SCI | 29 jobs Top Secret | 28 jobs Compliance | 28 jobs Monitoring | 28 jobs CISSP | 26 jobs Security Clearance | 25 jobs Computer Science | 23 jobs Active Directory | 20 jobs PowerShell | 19 jobs SQL | 18 jobs DoDD 8140 | 17 jobs Clearance Required | 17 jobs Red Hat | 17 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 Health care, Insurance and Career development. 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:

Health care | 38 jobs Insurance | 34 jobs Career development | 33 jobs Competitive pay | 31 jobs 401(k) matching | 21 jobs Medical leave | 20 jobs Flex hours | 17 jobs Parental leave | 16 jobs Equity / stock options | 15 jobs Salary bonus | 11 jobs Startup environment | 10 jobs Relocation support | 10 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Team events | 8 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs

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