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KBR systems engineer salary

KBR posts for systems engineers, a median of across 22 open jobs that state their pay, $3.4k below the other employers post. Read from KBR's own job board.

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What systems engineers are paid at KBR

Each bar counts the open jobs posting pay in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $153k a year. Middle half $137k to $171k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 22 open jobs at KBR. Lowest posted $80k, highest $251k.

Posted on open jobs at KBR

$137k–$171k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 22 distinct posted rates, median $153k. 65% of the 34 open systems engineer jobs at KBR state pay.

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Every range KBR posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

KBR systems engineer pay by state

A state's name opens what every employer posts for systems engineers there, when enough do.

Against other employers

KBR's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for systems engineers (each of their advertised ranges once).

KBR

$153k/yr median

Middle half $137k–$171k, from 22 jobs stating pay.

58 other employers

$156k/yr median

Middle half $131k–$178k, from 535 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open systems engineer jobs at KBR

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

KBR systems engineer salary: common questions

How much does KBR pay systems engineers?

KBR's open systems engineer jobs post $80k–$251k a year, a median of $153k over 22 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does KBR pay systems engineers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($153k) is $3.4k below the median of 58 other employers' rates for systems engineers ($156k, middle half $131k–$178k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does KBR pay systems engineers the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: Virginia ($169k, 7 jobs), District of Columbia ($161k, 1 job) and California ($153k, 11 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 22 of 34 open systems engineer jobs at KBR (65%) state pay. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the pay times 2,080 hours.
  1. SpaceJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 7 Nov 2026

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SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). KBR systems engineer salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/systems-engineers/kbr

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