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 485 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 120,715 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
485
Top 10%
$ 229,200
Top 25%
$ 195,700
Median
$ 151,300
Bottom 25%
$ 120,715
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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 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 | 299 jobs DoD | 228 jobs Cloud | 202 jobs Compliance | 179 jobs Security Clearance | 173 jobs CISSP | 172 jobs TS/SCI | 168 jobs Computer Science | 143 jobs Top Secret | 131 jobs Windows | 128 jobs Linux | 124 jobs DoDD 8570 | 119 jobs Monitoring | 112 jobs Agile | 94 jobs Python | 92 jobs Scripting | 92 jobs Firewalls | 91 jobs Automation | 91 jobs Risk management | 90 jobs RMF | 88 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 | 256 jobs Health care | 247 jobs Insurance | 185 jobs Competitive pay | 143 jobs Flex hours | 133 jobs Salary bonus | 113 jobs Flex vacation | 111 jobs Relocation support | 96 jobs 401(k) matching | 94 jobs Team events | 90 jobs Medical leave | 90 jobs Parental leave | 73 jobs Startup environment | 72 jobs Equity / stock options | 69 jobs Wellness | 61 jobs Transparency | 52 jobs Flexible spending account | 21 jobs Signing bonus | 8 jobs Home office stipend | 7 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs

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