System Administrator Salary in 2025
💰 The median System Administrator Salary in 2025 is USD 109,325
✏️ This salary info is based on 138 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average System Administrator salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 143,700 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.
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- System Administrator
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 138
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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 System Administrator roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with System Administrator job listings are Clearance, Windows and Linux. 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 | 85 jobs Windows | 73 jobs Linux | 66 jobs CISSP | 64 jobs DoD | 59 jobs Monitoring | 59 jobs Compliance | 55 jobs Cloud | 50 jobs VMware | 46 jobs Security Clearance | 44 jobs Active Directory | 43 jobs DoDD 8570 | 40 jobs TS/SCI | 40 jobs Top Secret | 36 jobs Computer Science | 36 jobs Automation | 28 jobs Scripting | 28 jobs CASP+ | 25 jobs Firewalls | 24 jobs SSCP | 24 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for System Administrator roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with System Administrator 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 | 67 jobs Health care | 64 jobs Insurance | 48 jobs Competitive pay | 39 jobs 401(k) matching | 36 jobs Medical leave | 34 jobs Flex hours | 29 jobs Flex vacation | 29 jobs Parental leave | 25 jobs Equity / stock options | 22 jobs Startup environment | 21 jobs Wellness | 17 jobs Relocation support | 16 jobs Salary bonus | 12 jobs Team events | 11 jobs Flexible spending account | 8 jobs Gear | 5 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Travel | 2 jobs Flat hierarchy | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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