Systems Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Systems Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 169,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 204 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 135,000 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
- 204
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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 | 182 jobs Python | 153 jobs Architecture | 112 jobs Security | 108 jobs Computer Science | 94 jobs Machine Learning | 88 jobs Testing | 79 jobs SQL | 63 jobs R | 56 jobs Pipelines | 54 jobs Linux | 52 jobs Research | 48 jobs Privacy | 47 jobs AWS | 46 jobs Data Analytics | 44 jobs Physics | 39 jobs Tableau | 38 jobs Data analysis | 38 jobs Data pipelines | 37 jobs Agile | 37 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 | 156 jobs Health care | 98 jobs Competitive pay | 85 jobs Equity / stock options | 81 jobs Flex hours | 78 jobs Flex vacation | 74 jobs Insurance | 56 jobs Team events | 45 jobs Startup environment | 40 jobs Parental leave | 37 jobs Salary bonus | 35 jobs Medical leave | 34 jobs Relocation support | 33 jobs 401(k) matching | 28 jobs Wellness | 27 jobs Fertility benefits | 11 jobs Home office stipend | 8 jobs Flexible spending account | 8 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Conferences | 7 jobsRelated salaries
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