Systems Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Systems Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 147,600
✏️ This salary info is based on 649 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 110,000 and USD 189,175 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 Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 649
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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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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 | 417 jobs DoD | 311 jobs Cloud | 305 jobs CISSP | 278 jobs Compliance | 253 jobs Security Clearance | 234 jobs TS/SCI | 223 jobs Computer Science | 198 jobs Linux | 192 jobs Windows | 189 jobs Top Secret | 179 jobs Monitoring | 164 jobs DoDD 8570 | 160 jobs Firewalls | 156 jobs Automation | 148 jobs Scripting | 141 jobs Agile | 139 jobs Python | 136 jobs Risk management | 126 jobs VMware | 120 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 | 378 jobs Health care | 367 jobs Insurance | 251 jobs Competitive pay | 228 jobs Flex hours | 193 jobs Flex vacation | 157 jobs Salary bonus | 151 jobs 401(k) matching | 137 jobs Medical leave | 120 jobs Team events | 118 jobs Relocation support | 115 jobs Parental leave | 110 jobs Equity / stock options | 101 jobs Startup environment | 97 jobs Wellness | 83 jobs Transparency | 60 jobs Flexible spending account | 27 jobs Signing bonus | 11 jobs Home office stipend | 9 jobs Conferences | 7 jobsRelated salaries
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