Systems Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Systems Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 166,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 278 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 126,000 and USD 221,900 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
- 278
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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 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 | 257 jobs Python | 222 jobs Architecture | 159 jobs Security | 146 jobs Machine Learning | 132 jobs Computer Science | 129 jobs Testing | 115 jobs SQL | 81 jobs Research | 78 jobs R | 73 jobs Pipelines | 73 jobs AWS | 68 jobs Linux | 68 jobs Privacy | 63 jobs Physics | 62 jobs Data Analytics | 53 jobs Statistics | 53 jobs Data analysis | 53 jobs APIs | 53 jobs Matlab | 51 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 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 | 218 jobs Health care | 145 jobs Competitive pay | 117 jobs Equity / stock options | 113 jobs Flex hours | 102 jobs Flex vacation | 91 jobs Insurance | 77 jobs Team events | 54 jobs Startup environment | 51 jobs Salary bonus | 49 jobs Relocation support | 48 jobs Parental leave | 47 jobs Medical leave | 45 jobs Wellness | 39 jobs 401(k) matching | 37 jobs Fertility benefits | 17 jobs Home office stipend | 10 jobs Flexible spending account | 10 jobs Gear | 8 jobs Conferences | 8 jobsRelated salaries
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