Systems Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Systems Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 148,750
✏️ This salary info is based on 461 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 109,250 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
- 461
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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 | 268 jobs DoD | 204 jobs Cloud | 193 jobs CISSP | 177 jobs Compliance | 159 jobs Security Clearance | 146 jobs TS/SCI | 137 jobs Linux | 129 jobs Computer Science | 124 jobs Top Secret | 118 jobs Windows | 116 jobs Firewalls | 105 jobs Automation | 102 jobs Monitoring | 100 jobs DoDD 8570 | 99 jobs Agile | 96 jobs Python | 95 jobs Scripting | 89 jobs Risk management | 80 jobs VMware | 79 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 | 250 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 | 78 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 Unlimited paid time off | 4 jobsRelated salaries
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