Systems Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Systems Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 161,600

✏️ This salary info is based on 84 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 126,000 and USD 200,000 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.

Job title
Systems Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
84
Top 10%
$ 227,950
Top 25%
$ 200,000
Median
$ 161,600
Bottom 25%
$ 126,000
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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 Systems Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with 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 | 85 jobs Python | 75 jobs Architecture | 51 jobs Security | 48 jobs Computer Science | 37 jobs SQL | 36 jobs Pipelines | 34 jobs R | 33 jobs Machine Learning | 31 jobs Testing | 31 jobs Tableau | 30 jobs Spark | 28 jobs Data Analytics | 28 jobs ETL | 27 jobs Power BI | 26 jobs Hadoop | 25 jobs Data pipelines | 25 jobs Linux | 24 jobs Business Intelligence | 24 jobs Data visualization | 23 jobs

Top 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, 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 | 75 jobs Flex hours | 45 jobs Flex vacation | 41 jobs Competitive pay | 40 jobs Health care | 36 jobs Equity / stock options | 27 jobs Startup environment | 21 jobs Team events | 20 jobs Insurance | 17 jobs Salary bonus | 17 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs Parental leave | 10 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Medical leave | 9 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Transparency | 5 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 3 jobs

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Systems Engineer @ $ 164,600 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Systems Engineer @ $ 149,500 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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