Systems Administrator Salary in 2025
💰 The median Systems Administrator Salary in 2025 is USD 110,900
✏️ This salary info is based on 491 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Systems Administrator salary lies between USD 88,600 and USD 137,145 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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- Systems Administrator
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 491
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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 Systems Administrator roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Systems Administrator job listings are Clearance, DoD and Windows. 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 | 355 jobs DoD | 303 jobs Windows | 289 jobs DoDD 8570 | 246 jobs Linux | 240 jobs Monitoring | 240 jobs Compliance | 225 jobs Cloud | 221 jobs VMware | 203 jobs Security Clearance | 183 jobs CISSP | 181 jobs Active Directory | 175 jobs Top Secret | 172 jobs TS/SCI | 163 jobs Computer Science | 129 jobs Scripting | 120 jobs CompTIA | 111 jobs PowerShell | 109 jobs Automation | 102 jobs CASP+ | 97 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Systems Administrator roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Systems Administrator job listings are Health care, Insurance and Career development. 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:
Health care | 270 jobs Insurance | 241 jobs Career development | 236 jobs Competitive pay | 174 jobs 401(k) matching | 152 jobs Flex hours | 124 jobs Medical leave | 118 jobs Parental leave | 99 jobs Salary bonus | 98 jobs Startup environment | 91 jobs Flex vacation | 83 jobs Equity / stock options | 78 jobs Relocation support | 70 jobs Team events | 64 jobs Wellness | 37 jobs Transparency | 34 jobs Signing bonus | 11 jobs Flexible spending account | 10 jobs Gear | 9 jobs Fertility benefits | 5 jobsRelated salaries
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