Salary for Senior-level / Expert Systems Administrator during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Systems Administrator during 2025 is USD 124,900

✏️ This salary info is based on 156 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Systems Administrator salary lies between USD 99,600 and USD 156,600 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
Systems Administrator
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
156
Top 10%
$ 187,300
Top 25%
$ 156,600
Median
$ 124,900
Bottom 25%
$ 99,600
Bottom 10%
$ 85,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Systems Administrator roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Systems Administrator job listings are Clearance, Windows 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:

Clearance | 97 jobs Windows | 87 jobs DoD | 84 jobs Monitoring | 79 jobs Linux | 74 jobs DoDD 8570 | 66 jobs VMware | 66 jobs Security Clearance | 63 jobs Compliance | 62 jobs CISSP | 59 jobs Cloud | 58 jobs Active Directory | 57 jobs Top Secret | 50 jobs Scripting | 42 jobs TS/SCI | 41 jobs CASP+ | 36 jobs Automation | 34 jobs Azure | 31 jobs PowerShell | 28 jobs Computer Science | 27 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Systems Administrator roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 76 jobs Insurance | 73 jobs Career development | 62 jobs Salary bonus | 39 jobs 401(k) matching | 38 jobs Competitive pay | 36 jobs Medical leave | 32 jobs Flex hours | 31 jobs Startup environment | 31 jobs Flex vacation | 27 jobs Equity / stock options | 25 jobs Parental leave | 24 jobs Relocation support | 22 jobs Transparency | 18 jobs Team events | 18 jobs Wellness | 14 jobs Signing bonus | 7 jobs Fertility benefits | 4 jobs Flexible spending account | 3 jobs Gear | 1 jobs

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