Salary for Senior-level / Expert System Administrator during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert System Administrator during 2025 is USD 130,425
✏️ This salary info is based on 72 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert System Administrator salary lies between USD 101,000 and USD 160,000 globally. 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
- System Administrator
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 72
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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 Senior-level / Expert System Administrator roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert System Administrator job listings are Windows, Clearance and Linux. 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:
Windows | 42 jobs Clearance | 42 jobs Linux | 38 jobs Monitoring | 37 jobs DoD | 36 jobs CISSP | 32 jobs Compliance | 30 jobs Active Directory | 27 jobs DoDD 8570 | 27 jobs VMware | 26 jobs Security Clearance | 24 jobs TS/SCI | 20 jobs Cloud | 20 jobs Scripting | 19 jobs Top Secret | 18 jobs PowerShell | 17 jobs Automation | 16 jobs DNS | 15 jobs CompTIA | 15 jobs Red Hat | 14 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert System Administrator roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert System 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 | 33 jobs Insurance | 29 jobs Career development | 27 jobs 401(k) matching | 24 jobs Medical leave | 16 jobs Competitive pay | 15 jobs Flex hours | 14 jobs Flex vacation | 14 jobs Parental leave | 13 jobs Equity / stock options | 12 jobs Relocation support | 11 jobs Startup environment | 9 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs Team events | 6 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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