Salary for Senior-level / Expert Systems Engineer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Systems Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 164,600

✏️ This salary info is based on 52 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 135,000 and USD 216,000 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
52
Top 10%
$ 226,900
Top 25%
$ 216,000
Median
$ 164,600
Bottom 25%
$ 135,000
Bottom 10%
$ 114,900

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 Senior-level / Expert Systems Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Systems Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Architecture. 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 | 40 jobs Python | 33 jobs Architecture | 33 jobs Security | 30 jobs Computer Science | 20 jobs Machine Learning | 19 jobs Testing | 19 jobs Linux | 17 jobs Agile | 15 jobs AWS | 13 jobs Research | 13 jobs PhD | 11 jobs Privacy | 11 jobs APIs | 10 jobs R | 9 jobs SQL | 9 jobs Kubernetes | 9 jobs Azure | 9 jobs Pipelines | 9 jobs Statistics | 9 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Systems Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Systems Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. 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 | 31 jobs Health care | 23 jobs Equity / stock options | 17 jobs Flex hours | 15 jobs Startup environment | 15 jobs Team events | 15 jobs Flex vacation | 14 jobs Competitive pay | 13 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs Salary bonus | 12 jobs Relocation support | 8 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Parental leave | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Flexible spending account | 3 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 3 jobs Fertility benefits | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs

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