DevOps and SRE salary in the San Francisco Bay Area
39 DevOps and SRE roles in the San Francisco Bay Area, from 35 employers and posted Oct 21–26, 2026, list a yearly salary range. The median bottom of those ranges is $165K and the median top is $250K. The middle half of the bottoms runs from $144K to $190K, and the middle half of the tops from $203K to $315K.
These are the ranges employers published in their own postings. They are not offers, not what people are paid and not a market average. Of the 51 DevOps and SRE roles in the San Francisco Bay Area RoleWeek lists, 39 are counted here. Roles of every level are counted together and shown apart under By level. Data as of .
How the posted ranges spread
| Measure | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom of the posted range | $144K | $165K | $190K |
| Top of the posted range | $203K | $250K | $315K |
Not counted: 10 roles list no salary and 2 list pay by the hour. Pay by the hour, week or month is never converted or mixed with yearly ranges, and each page uses one currency.
By level
| Level | Roles | Bottom of range median, middle half | Top of range median, middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid level | 14 | $147K $128K–$174K | $213K $185K–$240K |
| Senior | 11 | $160K $134K–$181K | $260K $203K–$266K |
Level is RoleWeek’s reading of each posting. A level with fewer than 10 roles that list a yearly range is left out.
Roles that list a yearly salary
Showing 24 of 39, newest first. Show all DevOps and SRE roles in the San Francisco Bay Area that list a salary
DevOps Engineer
MergeSan Francisco, CARemote$155K–$185K/yrAWSLLMs4+ yrsInfrastructure Engineer, Mechanical Tooling
NeuralinkSouth San Francisco, Austin$123K–$216K/yrC#PythonNo account neededBacked by Founders FundSenior Engineering Manager - Containers, Kubernetes, and Confidential Computing
NVIDIASanta Clara, Redmond +3Remote$272K–$431.2K/yrRustGo12+ yrsSenior Infrastructure and DevOps Systems Engineer
IntelSanta Clara, Phoenix +3Hybrid$100.5K–$194.3K/yrLinuxAnsible3+ yrsSr DevOps Engineer
WorkdayPleasanton, CA$176K–$264K/yrAWSTerraformStaff Site Reliability Engineer
CiscoSan Francisco, San Jose +1Hybrid$166.3K–$307.8K/yrSplunkKubernetes8+ yrsStaff Software Engineer, Site Reliability
IroncladSan FranciscoHybrid$210K–$235K/yrKubernetesGCP8+ yrsBacked by SequoiaPlatform Engineer
QuindarSan Francisco, Seattle +3Hybrid$145K–$186K/yrKubernetesAWS3+ yrsSite Reliability Engineer
WPP MediaSan Francisco, Los Angeles$75K–$180K/yrGCPPythonNo account needed7+ yrsPlatform Engineer (Kubernetes)
CleraSan FranciscoOn-site$180K–$210K/yrArgo CDTerraform2+ yrsSenior Software Engineer, Developer Experience
BlockBay Area, CA$185.2K–$326.8K/yrLLMsCI/CD7+ yrsSr. Site Reliability Engineer - Core Platform & Embedded Reliability
CrowdStrikeSunnyvale, Redmond +2Hybrid$140K–$215K/yrKafkaGo10+ yrsSoftware DevOps Engineer, Networking
NVIDIASanta Clara, CA$148K–$276K/yrPythonKubernetesPrincipal Delivery Consultant - DevOps, AWS Professional Services, AWS WWCO ProServe: Ent Segment/Country Teams Shared Delivery Teams - VAR
AmazonSan Francisco, Bellevue +8$182.8K–$284.3K/yrServerless8+ yrsSenior Infrastructure Engineer (OpenTofu) 10/2026
QuantifindPalo Alto, CA$155K–$195K/yrAnsibleAWS6+ yrsSenior Research Infrastructure Engineer
HUDSan FranciscoRemote$175K–$260K/yrPythonDockerSenior Site Reliability Engineer
GleanMountain View, CA$200K–$260K/yrLLMsServiceNowNo account needed5+ yrsBacked by General CatalystSoftware Engineer (Go, Python, AWS and Kubernetes)
CiscoSan Jose, CAOn-site$155K–$222.6K/yrJava5+ yrsSoftware Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
SierraSan Francisco, CAOn-site$230K–$390K/yrAWSGCP6+ yrsBacked by SequoiaSoftware Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
BenchlingSan Francisco, CAHybrid$195K–$265K/yrTerraformAWS8+ yrsBacked by a16zStaff Software Engineer, Observability/Site Reliability
PsiQuantumPalo Alto, CA$164.9K–$276.8K/yrOpenTelemetryPrometheus8+ yrsSenior Core Infrastructure Engineer
OracleSanta Clara, CA$79.2K–$209.5K/yrJavaGoNo account needed5+ yrsSenior Site Reliability Engineer
LiveRampSan Francisco, Seattle +1Hybrid$127K–$196.5K/yrKubernetesTerraform5+ yrs
How these numbers are made
- Source: the yearly salary ranges employers publish in their own job postings, for roles RoleWeek lists as posted in the last 7 days. They are what employers advertise, not offers, not what people are paid, and not a market average. RoleWeek lists a share of all developer roles, and an employer decides whether to post a range at all.
- One role is one card: an opening listed for several places counts once on a page. A role listed in several cities counts on each city’s page.
- Bottom and top of each posted range are summarised separately: the median, and the 25th and 75th percentiles (half of the roles fall between them). A role that posts a single figure counts as both its bottom and its top.
- Yearly ranges only, in one currency per page: CA$ for the Canadian cities, $ for US cities and remote roles. Pay by the hour, day, week or month is never converted or mixed in.
- A page exists only when 15 or more roles list a yearly range; a level gets a row at 10. The numbers are rebuilt every day from the roles posted in the last 7 days.
The roles themselves: DevOps and SRE jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area (51 posted in the last 7 days). Every city and role type: developer salary ranges by city.