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 154,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 637 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
- 637
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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 | 403 jobs DoD | 302 jobs Cloud | 284 jobs Compliance | 259 jobs CISSP | 236 jobs Security Clearance | 228 jobs TS/SCI | 221 jobs Computer Science | 194 jobs Windows | 182 jobs Linux | 180 jobs Top Secret | 168 jobs Monitoring | 156 jobs DoDD 8570 | 149 jobs Automation | 139 jobs Scripting | 138 jobs Python | 136 jobs RMF | 126 jobs Agile | 123 jobs Firewalls | 121 jobs Risk management | 115 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 | 343 jobs Health care | 325 jobs Insurance | 252 jobs Competitive pay | 188 jobs Flex hours | 170 jobs Salary bonus | 156 jobs Flex vacation | 142 jobs 401(k) matching | 125 jobs Team events | 122 jobs Relocation support | 117 jobs Medical leave | 113 jobs Parental leave | 96 jobs Startup environment | 89 jobs Equity / stock options | 84 jobs Wellness | 78 jobs Transparency | 69 jobs Flexible spending account | 27 jobs Signing bonus | 11 jobs Home office stipend | 9 jobs Conferences | 7 jobsRelated salaries
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