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Staff Systems Engineer salary: median $216,500 a year

Staff Systems Engineer listings that state pay run from $174,000 to $222,500 for the middle half, based on 30 current job listings. 74 staff systems engineer roles are open now.

Staff Systems Engineer pay range

From 30 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$174,000
Median
$216,500
Upper quarter
$222,500

Do AI skills change staff systems engineer pay?

For Engineering roles in general, as of November 9, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for staff systems engineer alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Engineering listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +19.1% (about $32.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$209,000
median, from 3,968 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$152,500
median, from 4,882 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings

More pay data: Engineering pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.

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Staff Systems Engineer salary questions

How much does a staff systems engineer make?
Among 30 open staff systems engineer listings that state pay, the median is $216,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $174,000 and $222,500.
Where does this staff systems engineer pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
Which state pays staff systems engineers the most?
Of the states with enough listings, California has the highest median listed pay at $222,000.

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