Systems Engineer Salary in 2025
💰 The median Systems Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 144,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 551 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 106,250 and USD 188,200 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 Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 551
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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 Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Systems Engineer job listings are Clearance, DoD and Cloud. 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 | 329 jobs DoD | 250 jobs Cloud | 236 jobs CISSP | 221 jobs Compliance | 195 jobs Security Clearance | 184 jobs TS/SCI | 171 jobs Linux | 155 jobs Computer Science | 150 jobs Windows | 142 jobs Top Secret | 136 jobs Firewalls | 125 jobs DoDD 8570 | 125 jobs Monitoring | 123 jobs Automation | 116 jobs Agile | 113 jobs Python | 109 jobs Scripting | 109 jobs Risk management | 100 jobs VMware | 92 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Systems Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Systems Engineer 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 | 296 jobs Health care | 285 jobs Insurance | 190 jobs Competitive pay | 175 jobs Flex hours | 150 jobs Flex vacation | 128 jobs Salary bonus | 121 jobs 401(k) matching | 96 jobs Relocation support | 96 jobs Team events | 89 jobs Equity / stock options | 84 jobs Medical leave | 83 jobs Parental leave | 75 jobs Startup environment | 74 jobs Wellness | 63 jobs Transparency | 55 jobs Flexible spending account | 22 jobs Signing bonus | 11 jobs Home office stipend | 7 jobs Conferences | 4 jobsRelated salaries
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