System Engineer salary in Washington

System Engineers working in Washington earn normally around 119,300 USD per year and most of the System salaries are between 79,000 USD and 204,300 USD per year.

If you earn less than 79,000 USD then it might be the time to speak with your boss to get a raise or to look for a new System Engineer job in Washington.

If you want to check the stats for a different technology or city, select it below (not all options have enough data yet):

Average and median System Engineer salary in Washington

The average salary for System Engineers in Washington is 136,700 USD per year, while the median salary is 119,300 USD per year - where does the difference between average and median come from?

The average salary is calculated as the sum of all salaries divided by the number of them. The median salary is the one that the typical System Engineer earns, which means, exactly 50% earn more than 119,300 USD and 50% earn less than this.

The difference occurs because often there are a few very high outlier salaries, which drag the average salary value up. Therefore, if you compare your salary to the market, it is better to look at the median value.

System Engineer compensation statistics and percentiles in Washington

The top 25% best earning System Engineers earn more than 182,500 USD per year and the top 10% reach over 204,300 USD, which is quite a nice compensation and something to strive for.

At the same time, 25% of the lowest earning System Engineers earn less than 87,900 USD per year and 10% earn less than 79,000 USD.

System salaries in other states in the U.S.

You have to be aware that the salaries for System Engineers can vary a lot in different states. This page shows the salaries in Washington, but you can select a different state below: