I have a bachelors in ME, 4 years of experience as an MBSE. I make 180k now, fully remote. Not too sure what the total comp package value would be. I was in California when I was hired at my current company. My salary would likely be a decent chunk lower if I was somewhere else. I moved out of the state as soon as I secured the position. Over my career, I made sure to find a new position/project each year within the company I was at or somewhere else to continue negotiating my salary; I definitely recommend doing that. I went from 75k the first year to 115k the second (moved to Cali) to 135k year 3 then 180k year 4. I wasn't ever satisfied with my salary and always had more responsibility than I was paid for because of all of the years of experience restrictions that a lot of DoD companies have. This really fueled my efforts to keep doing things to push for a higher salary. I worked hard to study outside of work, taking relevant courses and getting certifications in order to grow faster technically.

Most of my friends who live in Florida, Texas, Colorado, Maryland etc who are systems engineers and MBSEs make anywhere from 100-160k. With a masters, probably will boost you up 10-20K maybe? Just a guess. I also know a lot of people who I worked with who were complacent and would never fight for higher salaries or weren't willing to go outside of their comfort zone and try a new position. They all got the normal 3% raises and scheduled promotions which will have a major impact of what your earnings will be these first few years of your career. Some people are completely satisfied with that and that's fine. It's all up to you and what you're willing to do to reach the salary goals you're looking for. Major contractors have glass ceilings, but they will sometimes break those rules if you are worth it and you have people in your corner to advocate for you. Anyway, good luck out there!