United States · USD
Senior Systems Engineer salary in United States
The median salary in Senior Systems Engineer job ads in United States is $194,000 a year (about $16,167 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $181,000 to $242,000, based on 9 salaries from 7 employers, updated 28 Oct 2026.
- Median in job ads
- $194,000
- a year
- Salaries
- 9
- from 7 employers
- Last updated
- 28 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 28 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $155,040
- 25th percentile
- $181,000
- Median
- $194,000
- 75th percentile
- $242,000
- 90th percentile
- $251,500
9 salaries · 17 live United States jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Based on 9 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 28 Oct 2026
Salary brackets
Senior Systems Engineer salary brackets in United States
How the 9 comparable salary observations behind the percentile band above spread across USD pay brackets, annualised and United States only. Shares are of observations, not of employers.
| Pay bracket | Relative size | Share and count of listings |
|---|---|---|
| Under $140K | 11% 1 listing | |
| $140K–$160K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $160K–$180K | 11% 1 listing | |
| $180K–$200KMedian here | 34% 3 listings | |
| $200K–$220K | 11% 1 listing | |
| $220K–$240K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $240K–$260K | 33% 3 listings |
Brackets are equal-width and rounded; the open-ended rows collect the lowest and highest observations, and the bracket that holds the median is highlighted. Same cohort and outlier rules as the percentiles above.
Pay listed by employers
Latest Senior Systems Engineer jobs that show their pay in United States
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Senior Systems Engineer (Identity and Access)Flexport · posted 24 Aug 2026from $130,000
- Senior Systems Engineer, Fail Operational Safety StrategyZoox · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$194,000 – $306,000
- Senior Systems (Sales) EngineerForward · Senior level · posted 18 Sept 2026$240,000 – $275,000
- Senior Systems Engineer, Fail Operational CapabilitiesZoox · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$204,000 – $280,000
- Senior Systems Engineer - DoorDash AirDoorDash USA · Senior level · posted 18 Sept 2026$130,600 – $192,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
9 salaries from 7 employers, posted between 28 Oct 2025 and 28 Oct 2026. Last updated 28 Oct 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 67%
- Pay read from posting text 33%
Live jobs
Senior Systems Engineer jobs in United States
- Senior Systems Engineer (R6455)
Shield AI · Seattle, Washington
- Senior Systems Engineer
GRVTY · Aurora, Colorado, United States
$160K – $225K/yr · listed by the employer
- Senior Systems Engineer - Satellites
Vast · Long Beach, California, United States
$120.5K – $209.5K/yr · listed by the employer
- Senior Systems Engineer
Commonwealth Fusion Systems · Devens, Massachusetts, United States
$134K – $205K/yr · listed by the employer
- Senior Systems Engineer - Network
1X · San Carlos, California, United States
$190K – $230K/yr · listed by the employer
- Senior Systems Engineer - Core
1X · San Carlos, California, United States
$200K – $300K/yr · listed by the employer
Reading this number
What this number does—and does not—mean
The range summarizes salary-listed Jobiba jobs in United States. It is not a promise of what one employer will pay, and it is not converted from another country's currency. Experience, city, seniority, skills and company can move an individual offer materially.
Frequently asked questions
Senior Systems Engineer salary in United States: common questions
What is the average Senior Systems Engineer salary in United States in 2026?
Job ads for Senior Systems Engineer in United States on Jobiba list a median salary of $194,000 a year, based on 9 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $181,000 and $242,000 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Jobiba calculate Senior Systems Engineer salary in United States?
From 9 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.