Remote systems administration salary
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 23, 2026
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Systems Administration pay on remote roles is measured from 105 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 48 postings put the middle half between $128,000 and $165,750, with a median of $145,000.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $114,000, senior $145,000 and lead $196,850. Moving from mid-level to lead is worth roughly 73% more.
248 systems administration roles are open remote right now, 73 listing pay.
| Country | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Mid | $93,040 – $131,000 | $114,000 | 47 |
| United States | Senior | $128,000 – $165,750 | $145,000 | 48 |
| United States | Lead | $178,063 – $238,993 | $196,850 | 10 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open systems administration roles · remote · 73 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $88,400–$189,000scale $50,000–$270,000
ServiceNow System Administrator Gdit · Remote · US New $72,250–$97,750 1d ago Senior Revenue Systems Administrator wizinc · Remote · US New $138,000–$189,000 1d ago 
Senior IT Systems Engineer Care Access · Remote · US New $120,000–$170,000 2d ago 
Senior Configuration Management Analyst Humana · Remote · US New $89,000–$121,400 2d ago 
Project Manager, Technology Operations Rsli · Remote · US New $74,680–$107,660 2d ago 
IT Systems Engineer Baseten · Remote · US New $175,000–$225,000 3d ago 
Senior IT Operations Engineer BigID · Remote · US $145,000–$165,000 4d ago 
Senior Windows Engineer - Managed Services CDW · Remote · US $106,000–$150,000 4d ago 
Technology Operations Manager Digital Media Management · Remote · US $105,000–$125,000 4d ago Advisor IT Systems Advisor Enbridge · Remote · US $82,000–$120,000 4d ago 
Netsuite Systems Manager | EST Canada | Remote Grafana Labs · Remote · Canada CA$145,000–CA$175,000 4d ago Netsuite Systems Manager | EST United States | Remote Grafana Labs · Remote · US $144,000–$173,000 4d ago IT Operations Engineer Gaiias · Remote · Canada CA$85,000–CA$115,000 8d ago 
Microsoft Endpoint Management (MEM) Engineer NTT DATA · Remote · US $105,840–$196,000 8d ago ABAD Senior System Administrator**This position is located at Ramstein Air Base, Germany (International Assignment)**NO REMOTE WORK** Parsons · Remote · US $88,400–$154,700 8d ago 
Cloud Infrastructure Systems Administrator CACI · Remote · US $75,200–$158,100 9d ago Senior Advisor, Business Systems Integration Project Manager DISA · Remote · US $95,000–$125,000 10d ago Windows / KVM Virtualization Systems Engineer Gdit · Remote · US $100,300–$135,700 10d ago Director, Rater Training & Endpoint Surveillance Premier Research · Remote · US $175,000 11d ago Systems Engineer, Lead Consultant Identity & Authentication - Remote Allstate · Remote · Canada CA$93,500–CA$143,500 2w ago 
Principal Configuration Management Specialist CHAOS Industries · Remote · US $160,000–$266,000 2w ago Epic Client Systems Administrator (ECSA) Web and Service Servers (W&SS) Rackspace · Remote · US $99,704–$146,270 2w ago Lead Ariba Systems Administrator Empower · Remote · US $75,800–$107,075 2w ago Project Information Systems Administrator - Remote, US Parsons · Remote · US $88,400–$154,700 2w ago CMMS System Administrator Cw · Remote · US $55,250–$65,000 2w ago 
Senior M365 Architect Hitachi Solutions · Remote · US $150,000–$180,000 2w ago 
Senior ServiceNow Platform Engineer Abnormal · Remote · US $141,500–$203,500 2w ago 
Senior Director Analyst - Digital Workplace – Enterprise Application Architecture and Operations Gartner · Remote · US $172,000–$202,500 3w ago 
Associate IT Operations Engineer Green Thumb · Remote · Worldwide $65,000–$75,000 3w ago 
System Administrator New Charter Technologies · Remote · US $80,000 3w ago 
Senior IT Systems Engineer Horizon3 AI · Remote · US $142,000–$162,000 3w ago Azure/M365 O&M Engineer AIS · Remote · US $77,000–$117,000 3w ago Systems Engineer Senior (Enterprise Integrated Technologies Owner) Gdit · Remote · US $102,000–$138,000 4w ago 
Senior Business Systems Engineer – Product & Engineering Platforms Socure · Remote · US $175,000–$200,000 4w ago 
Senior Genesys Engineer TopDog Law LLC · Remote · US $157,000–$179,000 4w ago Senior Director, Microsoft 365 Platforms & Strategy Beigene · Remote · US $216,300–$286,300 5w ago 
Senior IT System Administrator NerdWallet · Remote · US $95,000–$179,000 5w ago Director, Commercial IT Systems Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. · Remote · US $190,000–$220,000 5w ago 
Ab Initio Administrator (Remote) (Systems Administrator 4) 30269 HII Technical Solutions Corporation · Remote · US $97,734–$130,000 5w ago 
Atlassian Platform Architect Datavant · Remote · US $160,000–$180,000 5w ago Procore System Administrator Iron Mountain · Remote · US $93,400–$124,500 5w ago Linux Systems Administrator RapidFort, Inc. · Remote · US $120,000–$150,000 5w ago Oracle NetSuite Finance Consultant - REMOTE NTT DATA · Remote · US $107,156–$198,438 6w ago Sr. Linux Systems Engineer - Object Storage (Remote) CrowdStrike · Remote · US $140,000–$215,000 6w ago 
IT Engineer Ethos Life · Remote · US $91,000–$161,000 6w ago M365 Engineer Merative · Remote · US $90,204–$135,306 6w ago 
IT Systems Engineer Teleport · Remote · US $149,000–$258,000 6w ago 
[Japan] Senior Manager, Cloud and Connectivity Platform, Global IT Infrastructure Santen · Remote · Japan ¥12,000,000–¥17,000,000 6w ago 
Senior Systems Engineer - NetSuite Sequel Med Tech · Remote · US $125,000–$165,000 2mo ago 
Client IT Engineer Treeline · Remote · US $60,000–$75,000 2mo ago Client IT Engineer Treeline · Remote · US $75,000–$90,000 2mo ago 
Sr Staff Endpoint Systems Engineer Dexcom · Remote · US $141,800–$236,400 2mo ago 
ERP System Administrator (Acumatica) Alimentiv · Remote · Canada CA$78,000–CA$130,000 2mo ago Java Development Lead Identity Systems Engineer Allstate · Remote · US $98,100–$167,850 2mo ago 
JIRA Administrator SOSi · Remote · US $79,451–$165,013 2mo ago 
IT Infrastructure Installation Services II Astreya · Remote · Ireland €50,640–€63,300 2mo ago 
IT Engineer Virta Health · Remote · US $96,000–$124,500 2mo ago 
Senior System Administrator Harris · Remote · Canada CA$75,000–CA$85,000 2mo ago Senior Microsoft 365 Architect CACI · Remote · US $114,600–$252,100 2mo ago 
Manufacturing & Tech Ops - Senior Manager Newperkinelmer · Remote · US $147,000–$160,000 2mo ago
Senior IT Systems Engineer Care Access · Remote · US New $120,000–$170,000 2d ago Senior Configuration Management Analyst Humana · Remote · US New $89,000–$121,400 2d ago Project Manager, Technology Operations Rsli · Remote · US New $74,680–$107,660 2d ago IT Systems Engineer Baseten · Remote · US New $175,000–$225,000 3d ago Senior IT Operations Engineer BigID · Remote · US $145,000–$165,000 4d ago Senior Windows Engineer - Managed Services CDW · Remote · US $106,000–$150,000 4d ago Technology Operations Manager Digital Media Management · Remote · US $105,000–$125,000 4d ago Advisor IT Systems Advisor Enbridge · Remote · US $82,000–$120,000 4d ago Netsuite Systems Manager | EST Canada | Remote Grafana Labs · Remote · Canada CA$145,000–CA$175,000 4d ago Netsuite Systems Manager | EST United States | Remote Grafana Labs · Remote · US $144,000–$173,000 4d ago IT Operations Engineer Gaiias · Remote · Canada CA$85,000–CA$115,000 8d ago Microsoft Endpoint Management (MEM) Engineer NTT DATA · Remote · US $105,840–$196,000 8d ago ABAD Senior System Administrator**This position is located at Ramstein Air Base, Germany (International Assignment)**NO REMOTE WORK** Parsons · Remote · US $88,400–$154,700 8d ago Cloud Infrastructure Systems Administrator CACI · Remote · US $75,200–$158,100 9d ago Senior Advisor, Business Systems Integration Project Manager DISA · Remote · US $95,000–$125,000 10d ago Windows / KVM Virtualization Systems Engineer Gdit · Remote · US $100,300–$135,700 10d ago Director, Rater Training & Endpoint Surveillance Premier Research · Remote · US $175,000 11d ago Systems Engineer, Lead Consultant Identity & Authentication - Remote Allstate · Remote · Canada CA$93,500–CA$143,500 2w ago Principal Configuration Management Specialist CHAOS Industries · Remote · US $160,000–$266,000 2w ago Epic Client Systems Administrator (ECSA) Web and Service Servers (W&SS) Rackspace · Remote · US $99,704–$146,270 2w ago Lead Ariba Systems Administrator Empower · Remote · US $75,800–$107,075 2w ago Project Information Systems Administrator - Remote, US Parsons · Remote · US $88,400–$154,700 2w ago CMMS System Administrator Cw · Remote · US $55,250–$65,000 2w ago Senior M365 Architect Hitachi Solutions · Remote · US $150,000–$180,000 2w ago Senior ServiceNow Platform Engineer Abnormal · Remote · US $141,500–$203,500 2w ago Senior Director Analyst - Digital Workplace – Enterprise Application Architecture and Operations Gartner · Remote · US $172,000–$202,500 3w ago Associate IT Operations Engineer Green Thumb · Remote · Worldwide $65,000–$75,000 3w ago System Administrator New Charter Technologies · Remote · US $80,000 3w ago Senior IT Systems Engineer Horizon3 AI · Remote · US $142,000–$162,000 3w ago Azure/M365 O&M Engineer AIS · Remote · US $77,000–$117,000 3w ago Systems Engineer Senior (Enterprise Integrated Technologies Owner) Gdit · Remote · US $102,000–$138,000 4w ago Senior Business Systems Engineer – Product & Engineering Platforms Socure · Remote · US $175,000–$200,000 4w ago Senior Genesys Engineer TopDog Law LLC · Remote · US $157,000–$179,000 4w ago Senior Director, Microsoft 365 Platforms & Strategy Beigene · Remote · US $216,300–$286,300 5w ago Senior IT System Administrator NerdWallet · Remote · US $95,000–$179,000 5w ago Director, Commercial IT Systems Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. · Remote · US $190,000–$220,000 5w ago Ab Initio Administrator (Remote) (Systems Administrator 4) 30269 HII Technical Solutions Corporation · Remote · US $97,734–$130,000 5w ago Atlassian Platform Architect Datavant · Remote · US $160,000–$180,000 5w ago Procore System Administrator Iron Mountain · Remote · US $93,400–$124,500 5w ago Linux Systems Administrator RapidFort, Inc. · Remote · US $120,000–$150,000 5w ago Oracle NetSuite Finance Consultant - REMOTE NTT DATA · Remote · US $107,156–$198,438 6w ago Sr. Linux Systems Engineer - Object Storage (Remote) CrowdStrike · Remote · US $140,000–$215,000 6w ago IT Engineer Ethos Life · Remote · US $91,000–$161,000 6w ago M365 Engineer Merative · Remote · US $90,204–$135,306 6w ago IT Systems Engineer Teleport · Remote · US $149,000–$258,000 6w ago [Japan] Senior Manager, Cloud and Connectivity Platform, Global IT Infrastructure Santen · Remote · Japan ¥12,000,000–¥17,000,000 6w ago Senior Systems Engineer - NetSuite Sequel Med Tech · Remote · US $125,000–$165,000 2mo ago Client IT Engineer Treeline · Remote · US $60,000–$75,000 2mo ago Client IT Engineer Treeline · Remote · US $75,000–$90,000 2mo ago Sr Staff Endpoint Systems Engineer Dexcom · Remote · US $141,800–$236,400 2mo ago ERP System Administrator (Acumatica) Alimentiv · Remote · Canada CA$78,000–CA$130,000 2mo ago Java Development Lead Identity Systems Engineer Allstate · Remote · US $98,100–$167,850 2mo ago JIRA Administrator SOSi · Remote · US $79,451–$165,013 2mo ago IT Infrastructure Installation Services II Astreya · Remote · Ireland €50,640–€63,300 2mo ago IT Engineer Virta Health · Remote · US $96,000–$124,500 2mo ago Senior System Administrator Harris · Remote · Canada CA$75,000–CA$85,000 2mo ago Senior Microsoft 365 Architect CACI · Remote · US $114,600–$252,100 2mo ago Manufacturing & Tech Ops - Senior Manager Newperkinelmer · Remote · US $147,000–$160,000 2mo ago 60 of 248 open roles