Systems Administrator Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Systems Administrator Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 112,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 313 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Systems Administrator salary lies between USD 88,600 and USD 137,145 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
313
Top 10%
$ 178,800
Top 25%
$ 137,145
Median
$ 112,000
Bottom 25%
$ 88,600
Bottom 10%
$ 70,200

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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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 | 211 jobs DoD | 184 jobs Windows | 172 jobs DoDD 8570 | 150 jobs Monitoring | 149 jobs Linux | 140 jobs Cloud | 136 jobs VMware | 129 jobs Compliance | 128 jobs CISSP | 113 jobs Security Clearance | 112 jobs Active Directory | 105 jobs Top Secret | 102 jobs TS/SCI | 96 jobs Computer Science | 73 jobs Scripting | 71 jobs CASP+ | 66 jobs CompTIA | 65 jobs PowerShell | 64 jobs Automation | 58 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 | 161 jobs Insurance | 145 jobs Career development | 137 jobs Competitive pay | 100 jobs 401(k) matching | 81 jobs Medical leave | 73 jobs Flex hours | 69 jobs Salary bonus | 65 jobs Parental leave | 56 jobs Startup environment | 54 jobs Equity / stock options | 51 jobs Flex vacation | 48 jobs Relocation support | 47 jobs Team events | 28 jobs Transparency | 25 jobs Wellness | 19 jobs Signing bonus | 9 jobs Gear | 5 jobs Fertility benefits | 5 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs

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