Systems Engineer Salary in 2025
💰 The median Systems Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 143,750
✏️ This salary info is based on 787 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 105,622 and USD 188,000 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
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- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 787
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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 | 475 jobs DoD | 349 jobs Cloud | 348 jobs CISSP | 322 jobs Compliance | 288 jobs Security Clearance | 266 jobs TS/SCI | 251 jobs Computer Science | 238 jobs Linux | 221 jobs Windows | 216 jobs Top Secret | 204 jobs Monitoring | 197 jobs Firewalls | 181 jobs Automation | 180 jobs DoDD 8570 | 175 jobs Scripting | 166 jobs Python | 161 jobs Agile | 157 jobs Risk management | 143 jobs VMware | 140 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 | 437 jobs Health care | 416 jobs Insurance | 287 jobs Competitive pay | 257 jobs Flex hours | 214 jobs Flex vacation | 177 jobs Salary bonus | 173 jobs 401(k) matching | 152 jobs Team events | 132 jobs Medical leave | 131 jobs Relocation support | 127 jobs Parental leave | 118 jobs Equity / stock options | 117 jobs Startup environment | 109 jobs Wellness | 96 jobs Transparency | 68 jobs Flexible spending account | 30 jobs Signing bonus | 13 jobs Home office stipend | 10 jobs Conferences | 9 jobsRelated salaries
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