Mid-level Systems Engineer salary in St. Louis, MO

Based on 12 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes O'fallon, Maryland Heights, Saint Louis, St Louis, Ballwin.

Median salary$83,900
Middle 50%$79.1k–$103.3k
vs. all levels here−12%comparison median $95,000
Filings12FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $68,914 and $132,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$74,188
25th$79,077
50th (median)$83,900
75th$103,257
90th$131,603

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2020: median $83,523 (14 filings) FY2021: median $83,637 (10 filings) FY2024: median $86,000 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 14 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 9 filings FY22 FY2023: 5 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 7 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 14
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$83,523$80,000$91,96914
FY2021$83,637$78,313$86,90910
FY2022–––9
FY2023–––5
FY2024$86,000$83,000$90,00013
FY2025–––7
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

St. Louis's median mid-level Systems Engineer salary of $83,900 is worth about $88,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; St. Louis = 95.1).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Randstadtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $83,900 12
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.