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Senior Systems Engineer salary
The median salary in Senior Systems Engineer job ads that pay in USD is $199,500 a year (about $16,625 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $172,000 to $219,500, based on 25 salaries from 13 employers, updated 3 Nov 2026.
Range in job ads
$172,000–$219,500
Median in job ads: $199,500 / year
Based on 25 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 3 Nov 2026
How these figures are built →Analyze my salary →- Median in job ads
- $199,500
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $219,500
- Aug 2026
- Low $172,000 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 25
- from 13 employers
- Last updated
- 3 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 3 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $150,400
- 25th percentile
- $172,000
- Median
- $199,500
- 75th percentile
- $219,500
- 90th percentile
- $237,200
Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Skills and pay
Skills linked to higher Senior Systems Engineer pay
How much higher or lower the median is for job posts that mention a skill. It shows an association, not a guarantee: better-paid jobs often bundle several scarce skills with senior scope. Skills with fewer than 8 salaries are left out.
| Skill | Pay premium chart | Pay premium |
|---|---|---|
| aimedian $219,500 · 15 salaries | up +10.0% | |
| c++median $212,250 · 8 salaries | up +6.4% | |
| pythonmedian $171,150 · 8 salaries | down −14.2% |
Pay listed by employers
Latest Senior Systems Engineer jobs that show their pay
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Senior Systems Engineer, Productivity EngineeringOkta · Senior level · posted 24 Sept 2026from $117,000
- Senior Systems Engineer, Fail Operational CapabilitiesZoox · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$204,000 – $280,000
- Senior Systems Engineer - StreamingVerkada · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$130,000 – $280,000
- Senior Systems EngineerBoeing · Senior level · posted 24 Sept 2026$146,200 – $197,800
- Senior Systems Engineer (Flight Crew Operations Integrator)Boeing · Senior level · posted 22 Sept 2026$164,900 – $223,100
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
25 salaries from 13 employers, posted between 3 Nov 2025 and 3 Nov 2026. Last updated 3 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 72%
- Pay read from posting text 20%
- Other sources 8%
Live jobs
Senior Systems Engineer jobs
Senior Systems Engineer - Sensor Selection
Ann Arbor, MI - Hybrid
$135K – $155K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Systems Engineer II
Ann Arbor, MI - Hybrid
$125K – $150K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Systems Engineer
Ann Arbor, MI - Hybrid
$125K – $140K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Systems Engineer, Database
Vienna, Virginia, United States
$170K – $250K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Systems Engineer, BizTech
United States
$164K – $193K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Systems Engineer - Data Center
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$130K – $162K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Systems Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$165K – $205K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Systems Engineer (R5962)
Washington, D.C.
$115K – $170K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
How Jobiba calculates this
Real postings first, estimates second
- • Uses salary-listed Jobiba job posts from the last 12 months, including posts that have since closed.
- • A post counts only when it states a salary, a currency and a pay period.
- • Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay becomes a yearly figure; no currency is converted or mixed.
- • Impossible values and extreme outliers are removed, and title variants are grouped into one role.
- • Reports the median (the middle value, not the average) and the middle half, only when enough posts back them.
- • Pay Jobiba works out for a job without a stated salary is labelled a Jobiba estimate, never shown as employer-provided pay.
Based on 25 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 3 Nov 2026
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Frequently asked questions
Senior Systems Engineer salary: common questions
What is the average Senior Systems Engineer salary in 2026?
Job ads for Senior Systems Engineer on Jobiba list a median salary of $199,500 a year, based on 25 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $172,000 and $219,500 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Jobiba calculate Senior Systems Engineer salary?
From 25 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.