Systems Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Systems Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 143,750

✏️ This salary info is based on 485 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 105,100 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.

Job title
Systems Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
485
Top 10%
$ 226,900
Top 25%
$ 188,200
Median
$ 143,750
Bottom 25%
$ 105,100
Bottom 10%
$ 86,424

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 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 | 269 jobs DoD | 205 jobs Cloud | 195 jobs CISSP | 178 jobs Compliance | 160 jobs Security Clearance | 147 jobs TS/SCI | 138 jobs Linux | 129 jobs Computer Science | 125 jobs Top Secret | 118 jobs Windows | 116 jobs Firewalls | 105 jobs Automation | 102 jobs Monitoring | 101 jobs DoDD 8570 | 100 jobs Agile | 97 jobs Python | 96 jobs Scripting | 89 jobs Risk management | 80 jobs VMware | 79 jobs

Top 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 | 252 jobs Health care | 241 jobs Insurance | 162 jobs Competitive pay | 156 jobs Flex hours | 128 jobs Flex vacation | 111 jobs Salary bonus | 106 jobs Relocation support | 87 jobs Team events | 79 jobs 401(k) matching | 77 jobs Equity / stock options | 74 jobs Medical leave | 65 jobs Startup environment | 61 jobs Parental leave | 59 jobs Wellness | 57 jobs Transparency | 46 jobs Flexible spending account | 19 jobs Signing bonus | 9 jobs Home office stipend | 7 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs

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Systems Engineer @ $ 62,911 (United Kingdom) Details
Systems Engineer @ $ 57,905 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Systems Engineer @ $ 100,000 (Germany) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Systems Engineer @ $ 110,311 (Germany) Details

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