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Boeing Systems Engineer Salary

Boeing's 26 open roles for systems engineers post a median $159k/yr, typically $122k–$239k/yr, from 25 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Boeing role
median $139k/yr
Boeing's systems engineers: 14% above it
Systems engineers at every space company
median $152k/yr
Boeing: 5% above it
Highest posted top
$260k/yr
Senior Avionics Systems Engineer - Millennium Space Systems

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Boeing systems engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Entry, associate or level I6$116k/yr$110k–$144k/yr
Senior2Too few figures
Lead12$159k/yr$149k–$239k/yr
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Manager1Too few figures
Title names no level4$167k/yr$154k–$234k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where Boeing hires systems engineers

  • El Segundo, CA13 roles, median $159k/yr
  • Colorado Springs, CO4 roles, median $135k/yr
  • Seal Beach, CA3 roles, median $159k/yr
  • Boulder, CO1 role
  • Germany1 role
  • Huntington Beach, CA1 role
  • Huntsville, AL1 role
  • Kirtland AFB, NM1 role
  • Tukwila, WA1 role

Open Boeing roles for systems engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about Boeing pay for systems engineers

How much does Boeing pay systems engineers?

Boeing's open roles for systems engineers post a median $159k/yr, typically $122k–$239k/yr, from 25 distinct pay figures in 25 of its 26 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $260k/yr, for Senior Avionics Systems Engineer - Millennium Space Systems.

What does Boeing pay systems engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: entry, associate or level I: a median $116k/yr (6 roles); lead: a median $159k/yr (12 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Boeing pay systems engineers more than other space companies?

Boeing's median, $159k/yr, is 5% above the $152k/yr median of the 1,199 open roles for systems engineers at every space company we read (Boeing's among them).

Do systems engineers earn more than other roles at Boeing?

Boeing's roles for systems engineers post a median $159k/yr, 14% above the $139k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Boeing salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Boeing hire systems engineers?

Its open roles for systems engineers are in El Segundo, CA (13), Colorado Springs, CO (4), Seal Beach, CA (3), Boulder, CO (1) and Germany (1). By place, they post a median of $159k/yr in El Segundo, CA, $135k/yr in Colorado Springs, CO and $159k/yr in Seal Beach, CA.