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Q2 2026 EDITION · UPDATED QUARTERLY

DevOps / SRE

The typical offer now stands at $128,400down 1.2% on the year, and up 10% since Q4 ’24.

Median base salary
$128,400
from 885 offers analyzed
Vs a year ago
-1.2%
tech-wide: +2.4%
Demand
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This role’s share of all tech offers employers filed, compared with the same quarter a year ago.
-5.2%
share of offers vs a year ago
Highest-paying city
SF Bay Area, CA
median $184,400 there
01Median by quarter
Q4 ’24 — Q2 ’26
The middle half of offers, on a rolling twelve-month basis.
$100K$125K$150KTHIS QUARTERQ4 ’24$109,200Q1 ’25$112,400Q2 ’25$114,900Q3 ’25$120,000Q4 ’25$120,500Q1 ’26$121,300Q2 ’26$120,000$120,000MEDIAN−$1,300 vs Q1$150K$103K
02By level
typical range
Where each seniority level typically lands.
03Where offers land
this quarter
MEDIAN$90K$128K$193K
Where does your pay sit?
Median$128,400
Middle half of offers$108,500$157,000
Top tenthover $185,000
Top 5%over $200,600
04Top cities
median
05Top employers
median
06Pay growth by role
DevOps / SRE-1.2%
Median base salary, change vs a year ago · same DOL filings
AI roles are the most in demand.
+10.1%
fastest pay growth this year
$184,300
highest median in this report
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Where these numbers come from

Every figure is a base salary a U.S. employer put on an official government filing with the Department of Labor (the wage records behind work-visa and green-card applications). These are real offers, not survey guesses. We take the low end of each stated range, so the numbers are conservative. Base pay only — equity and bonuses aren’t included. Full details ship with each quarterly edition.

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