Engineering · National (US)
DevOps Engineer Salary
Titles vary (DevOps, SRE, platform engineer), but the work converges on infrastructure as code, CI/CD and production reliability. Cloud cost ownership has become a routine part of the remit.
- 25th percentile
- $128k
- Median
- $165k
- 75th percentile
- $208k
- 90th percentile
- $258k
By level
Compensation by level
| Level | Experience | P25 | Median | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | 0–2 yrs | $96k | $116k | $158k |
| Mid | 2–5 yrs | $128k | $155k | $210k |
| Senior | 5–8 yrs | $170k | $202k | $278k |
| Staff | 8+ yrs | $218k | $258k | $368k |
Core skills
KubernetesTerraformCI/CD pipeline designObservabilityCloud cost management
Typical responsibilities
- Own infrastructure as code
- Run deployment and release tooling
- Lead incident response and postmortems
- Manage cloud spend and capacity
Equity
Equity mirrors software engineering bands.
Bonus
Bonus targets of 10–15%, with on-call compensation at some employers.