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System Administrator salary: median $110,000 a year

System Administrator listings that state pay run from $86,500 to $128,500 for the middle half, based on 31 current job listings. 146 system administrator roles are open now.

System Administrator pay range

From 31 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$86,500
Median
$110,000
Upper quarter
$128,500

Do AI skills change system administrator pay?

For Engineering roles in general, as of November 12, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for system administrator alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Engineering listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +19.6% (about $33k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$209,000
median, from 4,130 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$152,500
median, from 4,993 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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System Administrator salary questions

How much does a system administrator make?
Among 31 open system administrator listings that state pay, the median is $110,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $86,500 and $128,500.
Where does this system administrator 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.

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