Salary for Senior-level / Expert Systems Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Systems Engineer during 2025 is USD 151,300

✏️ This salary info is based on 549 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 119,850 and USD 195,700 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 Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
549
Top 10%
$ 230,000
Top 25%
$ 195,700
Median
$ 151,300
Bottom 25%
$ 119,850
Bottom 10%
$ 98,600

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 Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Systems Engineer job listings are Clearance, DoD and Cloud. 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 | 345 jobs DoD | 259 jobs Cloud | 234 jobs Compliance | 209 jobs CISSP | 201 jobs Security Clearance | 199 jobs TS/SCI | 195 jobs Computer Science | 169 jobs Windows | 148 jobs Top Secret | 148 jobs Linux | 146 jobs Monitoring | 136 jobs DoDD 8570 | 131 jobs Scripting | 113 jobs Automation | 111 jobs Python | 111 jobs Firewalls | 109 jobs Agile | 107 jobs RMF | 103 jobs Risk management | 102 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Systems Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Insurance. 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 | 301 jobs Health care | 282 jobs Insurance | 216 jobs Competitive pay | 167 jobs Flex hours | 150 jobs Salary bonus | 132 jobs Flex vacation | 127 jobs 401(k) matching | 108 jobs Relocation support | 107 jobs Team events | 103 jobs Medical leave | 100 jobs Parental leave | 82 jobs Startup environment | 80 jobs Equity / stock options | 77 jobs Wellness | 72 jobs Transparency | 61 jobs Flexible spending account | 24 jobs Signing bonus | 10 jobs Home office stipend | 8 jobs Conferences | 6 jobs

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