System Engineer Salary in 2025
💰 The median System Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 140,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 58 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average System Engineer salary lies between USD 89,000 and USD 165,000 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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- System Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 58
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
Last updated:Top 20 Job Tags for System Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with System Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering and Machine Learning. 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:
Python | 121 jobs Engineering | 116 jobs Machine Learning | 97 jobs Computer Science | 68 jobs Linux | 58 jobs Architecture | 54 jobs Testing | 50 jobs Security | 49 jobs SQL | 45 jobs Robotics | 34 jobs Kubernetes | 31 jobs Matlab | 24 jobs Economics | 24 jobs R | 22 jobs Research | 22 jobs Agile | 22 jobs Pipelines | 22 jobs Driver’s license | 22 jobs PyTorch | 21 jobs CI/CD | 21 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for System Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with System Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 87 jobs Health care | 52 jobs Competitive pay | 28 jobs Equity / stock options | 25 jobs Startup environment | 25 jobs Insurance | 22 jobs Flex hours | 21 jobs Team events | 19 jobs Medical leave | 19 jobs Salary bonus | 17 jobs Flex vacation | 15 jobs Wellness | 14 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs Parental leave | 13 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Gear | 5 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Flexible spending account | 3 jobs Fertility benefits | 3 jobsRelated salaries
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