DevOps & SRE salary in United States

842 open devops & sre postings in United States publish a pay range. Converted to a yearly figure, the median is $195K, and the middle half sits between $149K and $240K. These figures cover the 1,120 open devops & sre jobs in United States, of which 75% show pay. Advertised ranges are what employers offer, not what people are paid, and senior roles publish pay less often.

Counted from live job postings on 17 Oct 2026; newest posted 17 Oct 2026.

1,120

open jobs

198

employers

$195K

median pay (842 ranges)

152

remote

Advertised pay, yearly

$149K

25th percentile

$195K

Median

$240K

75th percentile

By level

Internship

$58K

$58K – $105K · 7

Entry level

$108K

$107K – $150K · 20

Mid level

$155K

$126K – $220K · 316

Senior

$193K

$168K – $215K · 228

Staff/Principal

$240K

$206K – $288K · 140

Manager

$231K

$185K – $259K · 117

Director

$274K

$214K – $279K · 12

Top employers

Skills asked for most

python 518 networking 378 kubernetes 355 aws 269 terraform 249 security 235 distributed systems 220 ci/cd 216 c++ 176 azure 170

Questions people ask

What is the average devops & sre salary in United States?

The median advertised pay is $195K a year, from 842 postings with a published range. Half of them fall between $149K and $240K.

How does devops & sre pay change with seniority in United States?

Median by level: internship $58K (7 postings); entry level $108K (20 postings); mid level $155K (316 postings); senior $193K (228 postings); staff/principal $240K (140 postings); manager $231K (117 postings); director $274K (12 postings).

Who is hiring devops & sre staff in United States?

198 employers have open roles; the most active are SpaceX (220), OpenAI (65), Nebius (36), Rocket Lab Corporation (35) and Palantir (33).

DevOps & SRE pay in other countries

DevOps & SRE salary in Canada 33 DevOps & SRE salary in United Kingdom 25 DevOps & SRE salary in Germany 10 DevOps & SRE salary in Ireland 10 DevOps & SRE salary in Spain 9 DevOps & SRE salary in Portugal 6 DevOps & SRE salary in Netherlands 5 DevOps & SRE salary in Greece 5

Other salaries in United States

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DevOps & SRE: jobs and interviews

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DevOps & SRE salary in United States

Advertised pay, yearly

By level

Top employers

Skills asked for most

Questions people ask

DevOps & SRE pay in other countries

Other salaries in United States

DevOps & SRE: jobs and interviews

Pay tools

DevOps & SRE salary in United States

Advertised pay, yearly

By level

Top employers

Skills asked for most

Questions people ask

DevOps & SRE pay in other countries

Other salaries in United States

DevOps & SRE: jobs and interviews

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