Salary report · 2026 to date
DevOps & SRE jobs in United States advertised a median of $177K a year in 2026 (middle half $138K–$225K), from 1,026 job postings on JobRipe. Figures come only from pay ranges employers published; estimates are never counted.
Number of postings by yearly midpoint. The first and last bands also hold the lowest and highest 5%.
Every row rests on at least 5 postings; groups with fewer are left out.
| Level | Middle half (yearly) | Median | ≈ hourly | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internship | $58K – $68K | $58K | $28.00 | 9 |
| Entry level | $90K – $108K | $108K | $51.92 | 17 |
| Mid level | $120K – $185K | $143K | $68.51 | 401 |
| Senior | $152K – $210K | $179K | $86.06 | 285 |
| Staff/Principal | $193K – $285K | $234K | $112 | 158 |
| Manager | $172K – $256K | $220K | $106 | 134 |
| Director | $205K – $274K | $223K | $107 | 20 |
JobRipe, "What DevOps & SRE jobs pay in the United States, 2026", https://jobripe.com/salary-reports/2026/us/devops_sre (23 October 2026).
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The median advertised pay is $177K a year (about $85.05 an hour), from 1,026 job postings on JobRipe that published a pay range between 5 January 2026 and 23 October 2026. Half of them fall between $138K and $225K.
One in ten postings advertised $285K a year or more; one in ten advertised $109K or less.
By median advertised pay, among cities with enough postings: San Francisco $257K; Santa Clara $256K; San Diego $249K; Mountain View $248K.
Median advertised pay is $159K for remote postings (343) and $177K for on-site ones (570). Remote and on-site roles also differ in seniority and employer, so this is not a like-for-like comparison.
| Workplace | Middle half (yearly) | Median | ≈ hourly | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-site | $138K – $220K | $177K | $85.17 | 570 |
| Remote | $125K – $202K | $159K | $76.44 | 343 |
| Hybrid | $198K – $286K | $241K | $116 | 113 |
| City | Middle half (yearly) | Median | ≈ hourly | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $214K – $333K | $257K | $124 | 150 |
| Hawthorne | $115K – $185K | $143K | $68.51 | 55 |
| New York | $173K – $240K | $203K | $97.60 | 43 |
| Long Beach | $152K – $194K | $172K | $82.45 | 42 |
| Redmond | $126K – $198K | $145K | $69.71 | 42 |
| San Mateo | $208K – $269K | $247K | $119 | 22 |
| Mountain View | $216K – $278K | $248K | $119 | 20 |
| Sunnyvale | $167K – $238K | $200K | $96.15 | 20 |
| Washington | $156K – $215K | $179K | $85.94 | 20 |
| Palo Alto | $158K – $225K | $215K | $103 | 19 |
| San Jose | $201K – $226K | $213K | $102 | 13 |
| Boston | $177K – $230K | $194K | $93.39 | 10 |
| Bellevue | $143K – $229K | $180K | $86.60 | 10 |
| Redlands | $94K – $125K | $106K | $50.98 | 9 |
| Santa Clara | $228K – $272K | $256K | $123 | 8 |
| Seattle | $184K – $276K | $204K | $98.15 | 8 |
| San Diego | $219K – $274K | $249K | $120 | 7 |
| Menlo Park | $185K – $287K | $235K | $113 | 7 |
| Chicago | $159K – $212K | $181K | $87.02 | 7 |
| Austin | $188K – $188K | $188K | $90.38 | 5 |
| Company | Middle half (yearly) | Median | ≈ hourly | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpaceX | $129K – $199K | $145K | $69.71 | 128 |
| OpenAI | $256K – $369K | $308K | $148 | 57 |
| Bright Vision Technologies | $125K – $140K | $125K | $60.10 | 39 |
| Nebius | $130K – $198K | $170K | $81.73 | 35 |
| Anthropic | $295K – $403K | $363K | $174 | 29 |
| Boeing | $118K – $161K | $135K | $64.98 | 28 |
| Rocket Lab Corporation | $115K – $210K | $175K | $84.13 | 26 |
| Relativity Space | $152K – $179K | $160K | $77.04 | 26 |
| ServiceNow | $234K – $274K | $256K | $123 | 16 |
| Waymo | $222K – $281K | $248K | $119 | 16 |
| Roblox | $235K – $303K | $269K | $129 | 15 |
| Esri | $95K – $125K | $124K | $59.50 | 15 |
| Jobgether | $125K – $187K | $158K | $76.17 | 14 |
| Okta | $206K – $231K | $216K | $104 | 13 |
| Palantir | $155K – $173K | $168K | $80.53 | 12 |
| Company size | Middle half (yearly) | Median | ≈ hourly | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Startup | $230K – $262K | $230K | $111 | 5 |
| Small (under 50) | $220K – $240K | $238K | $114 | 13 |
| Mid-size | $174K – $240K | $205K | $98.62 | 102 |
| Large | $155K – $233K | $189K | $90.87 | 382 |
| Enterprise | $138K – $251K | $187K | $89.78 | 300 |
| Industry | Middle half (yearly) | Median | ≈ hourly | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ai | $202K – $339K | $260K | $125 | 152 |
| Hardware | $118K – $190K | $145K | $69.66 | 56 |
| Devtools | $178K – $231K | $206K | $99.04 | 41 |
| Finance | $148K – $209K | $186K | $89.57 | 32 |
| Fintech | $186K – $242K | $202K | $97.35 | 31 |
| Enterprise | $168K – $263K | $228K | $109 | 29 |
| Saas | $119K – $208K | $134K | $64.55 | 28 |
| Security | $191K – $231K | $211K | $102 | 18 |
| Gaming | $220K – $298K | $269K | $129 | 16 |
| Social | $178K – $258K | $221K | $106 | 14 |
| Data | $174K – $224K | $185K | $88.94 | 10 |
| Travel | $179K – $230K | $179K | $85.82 | 5 |