Systems Administrator salary

The best-evidenced figure here is for systems administrator roles at mid level across the United States: 155 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $90,000 and $125,500, with a median of $109,900.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run entry-level $83,000, mid-level $109,900 and senior $129,538. Moving from entry-level to senior is worth roughly 56% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 8 of the 11 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.