Site Reliability Engineer salary
Typical advertised pay for Site Reliability Engineer roles, from real job postings on FindRole.
Median advertised base salary
$180,200
Most postings fall between $142,500 and $214,000.
Based on 121 postings across 36 companies. Updated October 27, 2026.
As of October 2026, the median advertised base salary for Site Reliability Engineer roles is $180,200, based on 121 live job postings from 36 employers tracked by FindRole.
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Salary by seniority
| Level | 25th %ile | Median | 75th %ile | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $139,500 | $202,400 | $215,000 | 45 |
| Staff | $206,000 | $206,000 | $230,500 | 13 |
| Not specified | $137,500 | $143,000 | $187,850 | 45 |
Skills employers ask for
Share of Site Reliability Engineer postings that name each skill.
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Python 84% · 102 of 121
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Kubernetes 75% · 91 of 121
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Linux 60% · 72 of 121
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Go 58% · 70 of 121
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Terraform 51% · 62 of 121
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AWS 46% · 56 of 121
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Ansible 40% · 49 of 121
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Bash 37% · 45 of 121
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Monitoring 36% · 43 of 121
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Infrastructure as Code 35% · 42 of 121
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CI/CD 34% · 41 of 121
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GCP 31% · 38 of 121
Counted once per posting across 121 Site Reliability Engineer postings with an extracted skill list, as of October 2026. Spellings are folded to one name (K8s → Kubernetes) — see methodology.
Related roles
Titles whose postings ask for many of the same skills.
- Platform Engineer shares Python, Kubernetes, Linux median $156,250
- Cloud Engineer shares Python, Kubernetes, Linux median $152,167
- DevOps Engineer shares Python, Kubernetes, Linux median $130,000
- Engineer shares Python, Kubernetes, Linux median $178,175
- Software Developer shares Python, Kubernetes, Linux median $149,350
- AI Engineer shares Python, Kubernetes, Go median $211,200
Remote vs. onsite
Remote median
$203,700
10 postings
Onsite median
$180,200
111 postings
Top companies hiring Site Reliability Engineers
- SpaceX 25 postings · median $197,500
- Apple Inc 18 postings · median $202,800
- Oracle 16 postings · median $134,050
- Okta Inc 7 postings · median $206,000
- Early Warning Services 5 postings · median $144,500
- F5 Inc 4 postings · median $163,800
- Comcast 4 postings · median $126,064
- Nvidia 3 postings · median $235,750
Open Site Reliability Engineer roles right now
The postings these numbers come from — see all Site Reliability Engineer jobs.
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer Cognizant · Arizona City, AZ View →
- Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer Palo Alto Networks · Santa Clara, CA View →
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer Oracle View →
- Principal Site Reliability Engineer Oracle View →
- Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Data Platform Apple Inc · Austin, TX View →
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Kubernetes Platform Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA View →
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