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Salary$38,270 - $76,210  
   
Bonus$303.02 - $7,044  
Profit Sharing$396.41 - $6,243  
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)		$35,655 - $77,122  
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Popular Employers

Salary Range
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)$64,152 - $75,183
Lockheed Martin Information Technology$53,245 - $66,599
Lockheed Martin Corp$55,000 - $68,784
Northrop Grumman Corporation$52,080 - $76,302
U.S. Navy$24,566 - $81,287
Popular Industries

Salary Range
Information Technology (IT) Services$37,761 - $78,123
Education, College/University$36,075 - $73,295
Healthcare$38,714 - $79,271
Manufacturing and Distribution$39,804 - $80,625
Financial Services$38,851 - $79,105

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Key Statistics for Systems Administrator Jobs

Gender
Female
11%
female alumni
  
Male
89%
male alumni
Salary:$45,230 - $65,001 $44,108 - $63,535
Years of Experience
Less than 1 year
2%
1-4 years
32%
5-9 years
37%
10-19 years
26%
20 years or more
3%
Most Common Health Benefits
medical benefits Medical: 87% dental benefits Dental: 79%
vision benefits Vision: 58% employee benefits None: 11%

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Career Path for Systems Administrator Jobs

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Common Future Jobs

Systems Administrator

Salary Range

$35,655 - $77,122
payscale
Computer / Network Support Technician
$24,111 - $58,910
Help Desk Technician
$24,434 - $51,164
Network Administrator, IT
$30,930 - $70,361
 
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Common Future Jobs

Systems Administrator

Salary Range

$35,655 - $77,122
payscale
Senior Systems Administrator
$51,154 - $103,529
Information Technology (IT) Manager
$42,099 - $124,892
System Administrator, Computer / Network
$32,871 - $76,287
 

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Systems Administrator - (City withheld for privacy), Texas, United States
I was offered a job position with nice a salary as a contractor but two days later they wanted to bring me on as a full time employee. Bad thing is that the offer of pay was 13 grand lower than the contractor position.
Posted in Discussing Compensation on 21 Dec 2007
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