Systems Administrator Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Systems Administrator Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 112,450
✏️ This salary info is based on 543 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Systems Administrator salary lies between USD 89,700 and USD 138,000 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 Administrator
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 543
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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 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 | 422 jobs DoD | 355 jobs Windows | 344 jobs Linux | 292 jobs Monitoring | 286 jobs DoDD 8570 | 281 jobs Compliance | 262 jobs Cloud | 261 jobs VMware | 238 jobs CISSP | 218 jobs Security Clearance | 216 jobs Active Directory | 205 jobs Top Secret | 200 jobs TS/SCI | 189 jobs Scripting | 154 jobs Computer Science | 153 jobs CompTIA | 131 jobs Automation | 128 jobs PowerShell | 126 jobs Clearance Required | 116 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, Career development 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:
Health care | 321 jobs Career development | 288 jobs Insurance | 284 jobs Competitive pay | 206 jobs 401(k) matching | 184 jobs Flex hours | 146 jobs Medical leave | 141 jobs Parental leave | 123 jobs Startup environment | 111 jobs Salary bonus | 111 jobs Flex vacation | 104 jobs Equity / stock options | 91 jobs Team events | 84 jobs Relocation support | 84 jobs Wellness | 48 jobs Transparency | 41 jobs Gear | 15 jobs Signing bonus | 13 jobs Flexible spending account | 13 jobs Fertility benefits | 9 jobsRelated salaries
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