Senior Systems Engineer salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 45 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Irving, Plano, Westlake, Frisco, Mckinney.

Median salary$130,000
Middle 50%$118.5k–$136.9k
vs. all levels here+37%comparison median $95,000
Filings45FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $101,957 and $171,200.
PercentileSalary
10th$109,932
25th$118,456
50th (median)$130,000
75th$136,854
90th$144,504

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $120k $150k FY2020: median $111,405 (49 filings) FY2021: median $111,176 (52 filings) FY2022: median $123,103 (50 filings) FY2023: median $116,938 (37 filings) FY2024: median $109,886 (39 filings) FY2025: median $133,619 (22 filings) FY2026: median $127,000 (23 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 49 filings FY20 FY2021: 52 filings FY21 FY2022: 50 filings FY22 FY2023: 37 filings FY23 FY2024: 39 filings FY24 FY2025: 22 filings FY25 FY2026: 23 filings FY26 52
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$111,405$97,000$118,00049
FY2021$111,176$98,938$120,00052
FY2022$123,103$111,349$129,74450
FY2023$116,938$95,680$124,67337
FY2024$109,886$99,486$125,63939
FY2025$133,619$127,878$138,80022
FY2026$127,000$118,456$135,00023

Cost of living

Dallas's median senior Systems Engineer salary of $130,000 is worth about $126,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Dallas = 103.1).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Compunnel Software Grouptoo few6
Texas Instruments Incorporatedtoo few4
HCLTechtoo few3
Mastech Digitaltoo few2
Ameriprise Financialtoo few2
CSC Investments IItoo few2
Inogentoo few2
Southwest Airlinestoo few2
Universal Cable Holdingstoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $84,094 25
Mid-level · Level II $92,581 305
Senior · Level III $130,000 45
Expert · Level IV $149,781 60

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.