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 151,300
✏️ This salary info is based on 181 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 118,600 and USD 195,000 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
- 181
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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 | 114 jobs DoD | 94 jobs Cloud | 73 jobs Compliance | 66 jobs Security Clearance | 65 jobs CISSP | 63 jobs TS/SCI | 59 jobs Top Secret | 54 jobs Linux | 52 jobs Computer Science | 47 jobs DoDD 8570 | 44 jobs Windows | 43 jobs Firewalls | 40 jobs Python | 40 jobs Risk management | 38 jobs Automation | 36 jobs STEM | 36 jobs Agile | 35 jobs Monitoring | 35 jobs Scripting | 34 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 | 102 jobs Health care | 100 jobs Insurance | 78 jobs Competitive pay | 55 jobs Flex hours | 54 jobs Flex vacation | 47 jobs Salary bonus | 46 jobs Relocation support | 45 jobs 401(k) matching | 37 jobs Equity / stock options | 31 jobs Startup environment | 31 jobs Team events | 30 jobs Medical leave | 30 jobs Wellness | 26 jobs Parental leave | 23 jobs Transparency | 22 jobs Flexible spending account | 10 jobs Signing bonus | 5 jobs Home office stipend | 3 jobs Travel | 2 jobsRelated salaries
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