Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Engineer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 149,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 30 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 118,789 and USD 191,000 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
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
30
Top 10%
$ 234,000
Top 25%
$ 191,000
Median
$ 149,500
Bottom 25%
$ 118,789
Bottom 10%
$ 74,100

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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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Systems Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and SQL. 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:

Engineering | 37 jobs Python | 35 jobs SQL | 24 jobs Pipelines | 24 jobs R | 22 jobs ETL | 22 jobs Tableau | 22 jobs Data Analytics | 22 jobs Power BI | 22 jobs Hadoop | 21 jobs Spark | 21 jobs Business Intelligence | 21 jobs Data pipelines | 21 jobs Data visualization | 21 jobs Streaming | 21 jobs Predictive modeling | 21 jobs Security | 13 jobs Architecture | 12 jobs Computer Science | 12 jobs Machine Learning | 9 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Systems Engineer job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Flex vacation. 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 | 37 jobs Flex hours | 28 jobs Flex vacation | 26 jobs Competitive pay | 24 jobs Health care | 9 jobs Equity / stock options | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Team events | 4 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Medical leave | 2 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 1 jobs

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