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Site Reliability Engineer salary

51 posted ranges at 22 companies · median $216k · H-1B median $200k (253 filings)

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By level

Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median

LevelPostedH-1B
Entry1 posted$98k to $149kone postingFew1 filing
Mid1 posted$113k to $172kone postingFew1 filing
Senior17 posted$220k$197k to $249k$239k31 filings
Staff18 posted$218k$187k to $257k$237k12 filings
Manager7 posted$246k$204k to $285k$243k5 filings
Not stated7 posted$165k$130k to $218k$197k202 filings

By company

CompanyPosted
Okta11 posted ranges$216k$182k to $251k
MongoDB8 posted ranges$188k$127k to $249k
Waymo3 posted ranges$333k$298k to $368k
Lambda3 posted ranges$298k$240k to $356k
Nebius3 posted ranges$186k$147k to $224k
Replit2 posted ranges$230k to $300k2 postings
Harvey2 posted ranges$219k to $275k2 postings
Roblox2 posted ranges$220k to $269k2 postings
Duolingo2 posted ranges$183k to $247k2 postings
Palantir2 posted ranges$125k to $185k2 postings
PagerDuty2 posted ranges$106k to $160k2 postings
Anthropic1 posted range$320k to $485kone posting
Sierra1 posted range$230k to $390kone posting
Fivetran1 posted range$232k to $290kone posting
Baseten1 posted range$165k to $330kone posting
Plaid1 posted range$208k to $274kone posting
Zoox1 posted range$195k to $265kone posting
Mercury1 posted range$201k to $251kone posting
Anyscale1 posted range$200k to $240kone posting
Airbyte1 posted range$196k to $235kone posting
ClickHouse1 posted range$150k to $230kone posting
Cribl1 posted range$142k to $195kone posting

Posted ranges

51 postings

PostingRange
Staff+ Site Reliability Engineer, Safeguards ML Infra (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$320kto $485k
Software Engineer, Site Reliability (SRE) (the posting, opens in a new tab)SierraNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $390k
Site Reliability Engineering, Technical Lead Manager (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Site Reliability Engineer, Lead (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Managed Kubernetes (the posting, opens in a new tab)LambdaSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$240kto $356k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Storage (the posting, opens in a new tab)LambdaSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$267kto $356k
Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)BasetenNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$165kto $330k
Staff Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)ReplitStaffRemote (US)$250kto $325k
Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering - Infrastructure Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$232kto $319k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - SDN (the posting, opens in a new tab)LambdaSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$240kto $312k
Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Waymo Fleet (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $306k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Compute (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$243kto $295k
Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)FivetranStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$232kto $290k
Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)HarveyStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $290k
Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (Federal) (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaManagerWashington DC area$207kto $285k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)ReplitSeniorRemote (US)$210kto $275k
Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Release Engineering (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidStaffNew York City$208kto $274k
Manager, Site Reliability Engineering - Storage Layer Service (the posting, opens in a new tab)MongoDBManagerNew York City$157kto $270k
Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Kubernetes (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$194kto $267k
Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Splunk (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$194kto $267k
Senior/Staff Software Engineer - SRE, GitHub & CI/CD Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$195kto $265k
Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)HarveySeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $260k
Senior Software Engineer - SRE (the posting, opens in a new tab)MercurySeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$201kto $251k
Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (Auth0) (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaManagerNew York City$182kto $251k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Fabric (the posting, opens in a new tab)MongoDBSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$127kto $249k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Fleet Management (the posting, opens in a new tab)MongoDBManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$127kto $249k
Site Reliability Engineer (Mid-Level, Senior or Staff), Infrastructure Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)MongoDBStaffNew York City$127kto $249k
Site Reliability Engineer (Senior or Staff), Atlas (the posting, opens in a new tab)MongoDBStaffNew York City$127kto $249k
Site Reliability Engineer (Senior or Staff), Deployments (the posting, opens in a new tab)MongoDBStaffNew York City$127kto $249k
Site Reliability Engineer (Senior or Staff), Storage Layer Services (SLS) (the posting, opens in a new tab)MongoDBStaffNew York City$126kto $248k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)DuolingoSeniorPittsburgh$183kto $247k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)DuolingoSeniorNew York City$183kto $247k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Compute (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$197kto $243k
Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Infrastructure (Foundations) (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnyscaleNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $240k
Staff TDI Site Reliability Engineer, Okta Federal (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaStaffWashington DC area$174kto $239k
Staff TDI Site Reliability Engineer, Okta Federal (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaStaffWashington DC area$174kto $239k
Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Federal (TS/SCI) (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaStaffWashington DC area$174kto $238k
Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Networking w/ active TS/SCI (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaStaffWashington DC area$174kto $238k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)AirbyteSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$196kto $235k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - (US-Remote) (the posting, opens in a new tab)ClickHouseSeniorRemote (US)$150kto $230k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (FedRAMP) (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$165kto $227k
Staff Network Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)NebiusStaffElsewhere in the US$180kto $224k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (In-Office Required) (the posting, opens in a new tab)NebiusSeniorNew York City$147kto $224k
Site Reliability Engineer 3 (the posting, opens in a new tab)MongoDBNot statedNew York City$111kto $218k
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)CriblSeniorRemote (US)$142kto $195k
Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - US Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirNot statedWashington DC area$125kto $185k
Site Reliability Engineer - US Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirNot statedWashington DC area$125kto $185k
Site Reliability Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)NebiusNot statedRemote (US)$130kto $180k
Site Reliability Engineer II (the posting, opens in a new tab)PagerDutyMidAtlanta$113kto $172k
Site Reliability Engineer I (the posting, opens in a new tab)PagerDutyEntryAtlanta$98kto $149k
About

Keeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.

By city

CityPosted
San Francisco Bay Area25 posted ranges$255k$204k to $290k
New York City10 posted ranges$188k$137k to $249k
Washington DC area7 posted ranges$206k$174k to $238k
Remote (US)5 posted ranges$190k$150k to $230k
Atlanta2 posted ranges$106k to $160k2 postings
Pittsburgh1 posted range$183k to $247kone posting
Elsewhere in the US1 posted range$180k to $224kone posting

H-1B by prevailing-wage level

The level the employer chose on the filing: I is entry, IV is fully competent. FY2025 Q4 to FY2026 Q3.

Level I: $168k (32) · Level II: $194k (72) · Level III: $201k (63) · Level IV: $247k (63)

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q159$186k
FY2025 Q2104$186k
FY2025 Q389$178k
FY2025 Q468$206k
FY2026 Q136$207k
FY2026 Q250$211k
FY2026 Q399$190k

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 2151$216k

Recent changes

DatePosting
Sep 24Senior Site Reliability EngineerCriblSite Reliability EngineerPosted at $142k to $195k
Sep 24Senior Site Reliability EngineerAirbyteSite Reliability EngineerPosted at $196k to $235k
Sep 24Staff Network Site Reliability EngineerNebiusSite Reliability EngineerPosted at $180k to $224k
Sep 24Site Reliability EngineerNebiusSite Reliability EngineerPosted at $130k to $180k
Sep 24Senior Site Reliability Engineer (In-Office Required)NebiusSite Reliability EngineerPosted at $147k to $224k
Sep 24Site Reliability Engineer, ProductionThinking Machines LabSite Reliability EngineerPosted with no range
Sep 24Site Reliability Engineer, Post TrainingThinking Machines LabSite Reliability EngineerPosted with no range
Sep 24Senior Site Reliability Engineer - StorageLambdaSite Reliability EngineerPosted at $267k to $356k
Sep 24Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Managed KubernetesLambdaSite Reliability EngineerPosted at $240k to $356k
Sep 24Senior Site Reliability Engineer - SDNLambdaSite Reliability EngineerPosted at $240k to $312k

Related titles: Forward Deployed Engineer, Context Engineer, Agent Engineer, Evals Engineer, LLM Engineer, Applied AI Engineer

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