Systems Administrator Salary in 2025

💰 The median Systems Administrator Salary in 2025 is USD 100,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Systems Administrator salary lies between USD 86,000 and USD 130,000 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.

Job title
Systems Administrator
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 138,000
Top 25%
$ 130,000
Median
$ 100,000
Bottom 25%
$ 86,000
Bottom 10%
$ 85,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

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 | 35 jobs DoD | 35 jobs Windows | 33 jobs Linux | 29 jobs Monitoring | 27 jobs DoDD 8570 | 26 jobs VMware | 26 jobs Security Clearance | 23 jobs Cloud | 23 jobs Compliance | 21 jobs Active Directory | 19 jobs TS/SCI | 17 jobs Top Secret | 16 jobs Automation | 15 jobs Scripting | 15 jobs CISSP | 13 jobs PowerShell | 13 jobs Computer Science | 12 jobs Red Hat | 11 jobs DNS | 10 jobs

Top 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 | 28 jobs Insurance | 27 jobs Career development | 22 jobs 401(k) matching | 15 jobs Flex vacation | 14 jobs Medical leave | 14 jobs Equity / stock options | 13 jobs Salary bonus | 13 jobs Flex hours | 11 jobs Startup environment | 11 jobs Competitive pay | 11 jobs Team events | 11 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Parental leave | 7 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Signing bonus | 2 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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