Salary for Senior-level / Expert Systems Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Systems Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 155,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 435 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 121,400 and USD 195,700 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 Engineer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 435
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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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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 | 285 jobs DoD | 221 jobs Cloud | 194 jobs Compliance | 171 jobs CISSP | 167 jobs Security Clearance | 166 jobs TS/SCI | 159 jobs Computer Science | 134 jobs Windows | 125 jobs Top Secret | 125 jobs Linux | 119 jobs DoDD 8570 | 114 jobs Monitoring | 106 jobs Firewalls | 90 jobs Scripting | 87 jobs Python | 86 jobs Automation | 84 jobs Risk management | 84 jobs Agile | 84 jobs RMF | 82 jobsTop 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 | 246 jobs Health care | 238 jobs Insurance | 178 jobs Competitive pay | 138 jobs Flex hours | 128 jobs Flex vacation | 107 jobs Salary bonus | 106 jobs Relocation support | 92 jobs 401(k) matching | 90 jobs Team events | 88 jobs Medical leave | 87 jobs Parental leave | 70 jobs Startup environment | 69 jobs Equity / stock options | 64 jobs Wellness | 58 jobs Transparency | 51 jobs Flexible spending account | 21 jobs Signing bonus | 8 jobs Home office stipend | 7 jobs Conferences | 4 jobsRelated salaries
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