Site Reliability Engineer
Median salary
$135,699
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$112,220 – $165,610
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+1.27%
-1.81% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.1%
709 filings
Site Reliability Engineer pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$95,738
P25$112,220
Median$135,699
P75$165,610
P90$208,200
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$100,15974 LCAs
Level II$117,021279 LCAs
Level III$147,846146 LCAs
Level IV$165,838143 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Site Reliability Engineer pay by occupation code
Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.
Software Developers 71%Network and Computer Systems Administrators 7%Computer Occupations, All Other 6%Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 6%Computer Network Architects 3%Computer Systems Analysts 2%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers 15-1252 | 70.66% | 501 | $117,400 | $140,445 | $175,000 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244 | 6.63% | 47 | $102,742 | $119,038 | $137,534 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 | 6.49% | 46 | $92,600 | $115,025 | $138,029 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 | 5.5% | 39 | $110,000 | $129,792 | $137,764 |
| Computer Network Architects 15-1241 | 2.96% | 21 | $118,560 | $150,000 | $154,648 |
| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1211 | 1.55% | 11 | $112,636 | $120,141 | $156,275 |
| Database Administrators 15-1242 | 1.55% | 11 | $108,332 | $134,368 | $159,460 |
| Industrial Engineers 17-2112 | 1.27% | 9 | $78,146 | $100,000 | $142,293 |
| Computer Programmers 15-1251 | 1.13% | 8 | $76,064 | $78,562 | $82,000 |
| Database Architects 15-1243 | 0.71% | 5 | $144,000 | $161,823 | $167,835 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Site Reliability Engineer
What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.
| Employer | LCAs | Median | vs all sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiktok U S Data Security | 32 | $208,500 | +48.5% |
| Equifax | 26 | $132,338 | -5.8% |
| Bytedance | 24 | $215,486 | +53.4% |
| 14 | $200,000 | +42.4% | |
| Visa Technology & Operations | 13 | $143,200 | +2% |
| Cisco | 12 | $137,000 | -2.4% |
| Akamai | 10 | $141,620 | +0.8% |
| Fis Management | 10 | $141,840 | +1% |
| Tiktok Usds Joint Venture | 9 | $210,000 | +49.5% |
| Qualys | 7 | $135,699 | -3.4% |
| Fidelity Technology D/b/a Fidelity Investments | 7 | $106,092 | -24.5% |
| Visa Technology & Operations | 6 | $110,700 | -7% |
| Apple | 6 | $174,949 | +24.6% |
| Lexisnexis Risk | 5 | $130,000 | -7.4% |
Exact titles grouped here
The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer170 LCAs · median $145,050
- Site Reliability Engineer II34 LCAs · median $133,112
- Site Reliability Engineer III19 LCAs · median $142,932
- Site Reliability Engineer - Career18 LCAs · median $122,543
- Site Reliability Engineer - USDS14 LCAs · median $200,412
- Site Reliability Engineer - Specialist13 LCAs · median $152,131
- Site Reliability Engineer Senior13 LCAs · median $141,840
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer I11 LCAs · median $153,000