Google systems engineer salary

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Average Google systems engineer salary

$138,823yearly

$39.82 hourly rate

Entry-level Google systems engineer salary

$105,000 yearly

Updated April 5, 2024

How much does Google pay systems engineers?

The average salary for Google systems engineers is $138,823 per year. Google systems engineer salaries range between $105,000 to $183,000 per year. Google systems engineers earn 68% more than the national average salary for systems engineers of $82,834.

Location impacts how much a systems engineer at Google can expect to make. Systems engineers at Google make the most in Mountain View, CA, Kirkland, WA, and Cambridge, MA.

How much does Google pay systems engineers by location?

Google pays systems engineers the most in Mountain View, CA, Kirkland, WA, and Cambridge, MA. Additionally, cities like New York and Boulder also report highly competitive salaries for systems engineers at Google.

Systems engineer Google salary by location

Rank	City	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
1	Mountain View, CA	$156,395	$75.19
2	Kirkland, WA	$144,351	$69.40
3	Cambridge, MA	$140,354	$67.48
4	New York, NY	$137,638	$66.17
5	Boulder, CO	$134,292	$64.56
6	Pittsburgh, PA	$131,923	$63.42
7	Austin, TX	$131,035	$63.00
8	Chicago, IL	$119,014	$57.22

Highest-paid Google systems engineers by job level

Rank	Job title	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
1	Director Of Systems Engineering	$226,544	$109	-
2	Information Technology Systems Director	$222,692	$107	-
3	Lead Unix Systems Administrator	$206,366	$99	-
4	Systems Manager	$198,820	$96	-
5	Senior Engineering Team Leader	$198,665	$96	-
6	Principal Systems Engineer	$197,529	$95	-
7	Staff Software Engineer	$193,956	$93	260
8	Staff Engineer	$188,316	$91	2
9	Software Engineer Lead	$185,299	$89	-
10	Assistant System Engineer Trainee	$184,508	$89	-

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Recent salaries for systems engineers at google

Job	Location	Date added	Salary
Site Reliability Engineer, Systems Engineer	Sunnyvale, CA	03/19/2025	$268,000
Systems Engineer	Mountain View, CA	03/12/2025	$135,000
Systems Engineer, Site Reliability	New York, NY	03/07/2025	$220,000
Systems Engineer, Site Reliability	Seattle, WA	03/07/2025	$141,000
Systems Engineer, Site Reliability	Durham, NC	03/05/2025	$139,000

Systems engineer salary at Google competitors

Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
1	Meta	$148,883	$72	412
2	Yammer	$133,248	$64	-
3	Microsoft	$127,744	$61	117
4	Pinterest	$124,649	$60	5
5	Bloomberg	$123,814	$60	21
6	LinkedIn	$119,283	$57	20
7	Yahoo	$119,053	$57	-
8	Adobe	$117,724	$57	65
9	iTech US	$105,710	$51	1
10	VMware	$105,649	$51	-
11	ITA Software	$102,275	$49	-
12	Intel	$96,885	$47	57
13	Bing	$93,108	$45	-
14	Capgemini	$92,620	$45	112
15	HP	$91,073	$44	19
16	Aristotle	$86,251	$41	-
17	Dell	$84,671	$41	14
18	Hitachi Vantara	$82,698	$40	-
19	IBM	$77,423	$37	58
20	Tech Mahindra	$75,728	$36	2

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