Systems Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Systems Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 144,410

✏️ This salary info is based on 929 individual salaries reported during 2025

Salary details

The average Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 108,979 and USD 186,800 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: 929

Top 10%: $ 226,900

Top 25%: $ 186,800

Median: $ 144,410

Bottom 25%: $ 108,979

Bottom 10%: $ 85,400

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

Last updated: June 29, 2025

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, Cloud and DoD. 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:

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:

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