Expert Systems Engineer salary in New York, NY

Based on 15 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level IV in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Jersey City, Edison, Iselin, Piscataway, North Brunswick.

Median salary$188,549
Middle 50%$155.2k–$190k
vs. all levels here+98%comparison median $95,000
Filings15FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $137,865 and $271,600.
PercentileSalary
10th$142,065
25th$155,200
50th (median)$188,549
75th$190,000
90th$219,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$130k $155k $180k FY2020: median $145,076 (21 filings) FY2021: median $145,000 (14 filings) FY2022: median $145,227 (22 filings) FY2024: median $169,229 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 21 filings FY20 FY2021: 14 filings FY21 FY2022: 22 filings FY22 FY2023: 9 filings FY23 FY2024: 15 filings FY24 FY2025: 6 filings FY25 FY2026: 9 filings FY26 22
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$145,076$137,526$157,53921
FY2021$145,000$140,984$156,89314
FY2022$145,227$133,590$160,00022
FY2023–––9
FY2024$169,229$155,156$189,25415
FY2025–––6
FY2026–––9

Cost of living

New York's median expert Systems Engineer salary of $188,549 is worth about $167,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Cloudflaretoo few2
Two Sigma Investmentstoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $71,000 38
Mid-level · Level II $94,693 154
Senior · Level III $147,514 25
Expert · Level IV $188,549 15

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.