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Average Salary - Windows System Administrator / United States UNITED STATES


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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR
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Net (after tax)

$75,834 USD

£59,936 GBP
New York City

$63,650 USD

$102,000 USD

£80,616 GBP
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Excluding "New York City"

Average Salary / Windows System Administrator / United States

Average salary for Windows System Administrator / United States is $75,834 USD per year. The most typical earning is $102,000 USD. All data are based on 50 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of $85,400 USD. Women receive a salary of $92,500 USD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of $119,700 USD. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of $78,300 USD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of $91,200 USD. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive $89,800 USD.

Levels / Windows System Administrator / United States (Gross USD)

Salary Levels (USD) per Year Surveys [%]
$10,000 USD - $14,999 USD
0 n/a
$15,000 USD - $19,999 USD
0 n/a
$20,000 USD - $24,999 USD
0 n/a
$25,000 USD - $29,999 USD
0 n/a
$30,000 USD - $34,999 USD
2 100%
4%
$35,000 USD - $39,999 USD
2 96%
4%
$40,000 USD - $44,999 USD
2 92%
4%
$45,000 USD - $49,999 USD
0 n/a
$50,000 USD - $54,999 USD
5 88%
10%
$55,000 USD - $59,999 USD
5 78%
10%
$60,000 USD - $64,999 USD
4 68%
8%
$65,000 USD - $69,999 USD
2 60%
4%
$70,000 USD - $74,999 USD
3 56%
6%
$75,000 USD - $79,999 USD
4 50%
8%
$80,000 USD - $84,999 USD
4 42%
8%
$85,000 USD - $89,999 USD
1 34%
2%
$90,000 USD - $94,999 USD
4 32%
8%
$95,000 USD - $99,999 USD
2 24%
4%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
$100,000 USD - $104,999 USD
6 20%
12%
$105,000 USD - $109,999 USD
0 n/a
$110,000 USD - $114,999 USD
0 n/a
$115,000 USD - $119,999 USD
0 n/a
$120,000 USD - $124,999 USD
2 8%
4%
$125,000 USD - $129,999 USD
1 4%
2%
$130,000 USD - $134,999 USD
0 n/a
$135,000 USD - $139,999 USD
0 n/a
$140,000 USD - $144,999 USD
0 n/a
$145,000 USD - $149,999 USD
0 n/a
HIGH SALARIES
$150,000 USD - $159,999 USD
0 n/a
$160,000 USD - $169,999 USD
0 n/a
$170,000 USD - $179,999 USD
0 n/a
$180,000 USD - $189,999 USD
1 2%
2%
$190,000 USD - $199,999 USD
0 n/a
$200,000 USD - $209,999 USD
0 n/a
$210,000 USD - $219,999 USD
0 n/a
$220,000 USD - $229,999 USD
0 n/a
$230,000 USD - $239,999 USD
0 n/a
$240,000 USD - $249,999 USD
0 n/a
$250,000 USD - $349,999 USD
0 n/a

Gender / Windows System Administrator / United States (Gross USD)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Women 2 $92,500 USD
2 Men 22 $85,400 USD

Education / Windows System Administrator / United States (Gross USD)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Masters Degree 3 $119,700 USD
2 Bachelors Degree 16 $78,300 USD
3 Some College 26 $70,300 USD
4 High School 5 $70,300 USD

Experience / Windows System Administrator / United States (Gross USD)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 16-20 Years 6 $91,200 USD
2 12-16 Years 12 $89,800 USD
3 8-12 Years 8 $85,600 USD
4 20+ Years 5 $84,800 USD
5 2-4 Years 6 $59,700 USD
6 4-8 Years 10 $56,500 USD
7 0-1 Year 2 $50,000 USD
8 1-2 Years 1 $36,000 USD

Age / Windows System Administrator / United States (Gross USD)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 41-45 5 $111,800 USD
2 51-55 2 $100,000 USD
3 26-30 5 $88,900 USD
4 36-40 3 $84,700 USD
5 56-60 1 $78,000 USD
6 31-35 3 $74,700 USD
7 46-50 3 $72,000 USD
8 n/a 26 $66,500 USD
9 21-25 1 $55,000 USD
10 14-20 1 $33,000 USD

Work Type / Windows System Administrator / United States (Gross USD)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Permanent 46 $76,200 USD
2 Contract 4 $71,600 USD

States / Windows System Administrator / United States (Gross USD)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Massachusetts 1 $180,000 USD
2 Illinois 3 $109,300 USD
3 District Of Columbia (DC) 5 $86,500 USD
4 California 7 $86,000 USD
5 Minnesota 1 $84,000 USD
6 Pennsylvania 4 $80,300 USD
7 Hawaii 1 $78,000 USD
8 Missouri 1 $75,000 USD
9 Georgia 2 $74,500 USD
10 Utah 1 $74,000 USD
11 Oregon 1 $71,000 USD
12 Colorado 3 $70,200 USD
13 Texas 5 $68,300 USD
14 Indiana 1 $67,000 USD
15 New York State 2 $63,700 USD
16 Alaska 1 $62,000 USD
17 Arizona 1 $59,000 USD
18 West Virginia 2 $55,000 USD
19 Nebraska 1 $55,000 USD
20 Ohio 3 $50,100 USD
21 Arkansas 1 $40,000 USD
22 Maryland 1 $36,000 USD

Cities / Windows System Administrator / United States (Gross USD)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Boston 1 $180,000 USD
2 Chicago 3 $109,300 USD
3 Sacramento 2 $102,000 USD
4 Philadelphia 2 $90,500 USD
5 Los Angeles 3 $88,300 USD
6 Washington DC 5 $86,500 USD
7 Minneapolis 1 $84,000 USD
8 Austin 2 $80,500 USD
9 Honolulu 1 $78,000 USD
10 Kansas City 1 $75,000 USD
11 Atlanta 2 $74,500 USD
12 Salt Lake City 1 $74,000 USD
13 Portland, Oregon 1 $71,000 USD
14 Denver 3 $70,200 USD
15 Pittsburgh 2 $70,000 USD
16 --Other-- 2 $69,100 USD
17 Indianapolis 1 $67,000 USD
18 San Francisco 2 $66,500 USD
19 New York City 2 $63,700 USD
20 Anchorage 1 $62,000 USD
21 Houston 3 $60,200 USD
22 Phoenix 1 $59,000 USD
23 Cincinnati 2 $55,500 USD
24 Charleston, West Virginia 2 $55,000 USD
25 Omaha 1 $55,000 USD
26 Little Rock 1 $40,000 USD
27 Toledo 1 $39,400 USD
28 Baltimore 1 $36,000 USD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

6/6  Tech Support Supvsr (Man)
Posted 25 October 2021

What I do?

"Windows system admin, Avaya phones systems, MAC os."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Los Angeles Some College 12-16 Years Advanced $120,000 USD

5/6  DevOps Engineer (Man)
Posted 09 January 2021

What I do?

"Terraform, ansible, azure, powershell, linux, rabbitmq, aws."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Pittsburgh High School 8-12 Years n/a $90,000 USD

4/6  Infrastructure Engineer (Man)
Posted 14 March 2020

What I do?

"Windows, Linux, Desktops, SCCM, WSUS."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Washington DC Some College 20+ Years n/a $80,000 USD

3/6  Senior Systems Helpdesk Technician (Man)
Posted 25 June 2019

What I do?

"At current company: Manage bulk computer purchasing and deployment Troubleshoot and repair system issues Manage consumable inventory levels Configure and deploy wireless and wired networks At my previous company: Design and deploy point to point and point to multipoint wireless solutions Monitor and troubleshoot network issues on Wireless, DSL, and Fiber networks Deploy and manage fiber optic network with over 250 meshed access points."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Anchorage Some College 12-16 Years n/a $62,000 USD

2/6  Lead Technologist (Man)
Posted 14 June 2019

What I do?

"Desktop Windows Engineering."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Washington DC Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a $126,500 USD

1/6  Network Technician (Man)
Posted 03 November 2017

What I do?

"Junior Network admin, taking help desk calls, dealing with Kace appliances, hardware, servers, etc."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Cincinnati Some College 0-1 Year n/a $67,000 USD


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