Occupation · SOC 15-1244
Network and Computer Systems Administrators Salary
Network and Computer Systems Administrators earn a median of $99,130 a year in the United States, which is $47.66 an hour. The mean is $103,680, and 314,340 people are employed in the occupation.
Also searched as Network EngineerSysadmin
The full pay range
A single average hides most of what a reader wants to know. BLS publishes the whole distribution, so here it is: each row is the annual salary at that point in the pay range for network and computer systems administrators.
Annual salary by percentile May 2025
| Percentile | Annual salary | Typically |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $62,640 | entry level, or a lower-paying region |
| 25th percentile | $78,010 | early career |
| Median (50th) | $99,130 | half earn more, half earn less |
| 75th percentile | $126,640 | experienced |
| 90th percentile | $155,050 | top of the field |
Common questions
How much do network and computer systems administrators make?
The median salary for network and computer systems administrators in the United States is $99,130 a year, which is $47.66 an hour. The mean is $103,680. Median and mean differ because a small number of very high earners pull the mean upward, so the median is the better answer to what the job typically pays.
What is the highest salary for a network and computer systems administrator?
The highest-paid 10 percent of network and computer systems administrators earn $155,050 or more. That is the highest figure the survey publishes for this occupation; there is no reported maximum, and individual earnings above it are not broken out.
How many people work as network and computer systems administrators in the US?
314,340, as of the May 2025 release. That covers wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments and excludes the self-employed, who are not surveyed.
How much do network and computer systems administrators make a month?
About $8,261 a month before tax, which is the published annual median of $99,130 divided by twelve. BLS publishes annual and hourly wages rather than monthly, so treat this as arithmetic on the annual figure, not a separate measurement.
Do network and computer systems administrators make $100,000 a year?
Often. More than a quarter do: the 75th percentile is $126,640, against a median of $99,130. Reaching six figures usually means experience, a high-paying state, or both.
How much does a Network Engineer make?
Network Engineer is a common name for network and computer systems administrators, classified by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics under SOC code 15-1244. The median salary is $99,130 a year, or $47.66 an hour. The same job is also called Sysadmin.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure above is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release, for SOC code 15-1244. Nothing here is interpolated or averaged by this site. The survey covers wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments and excludes the self-employed. See how to read these figures for what that means in practice.