Across 151 live US postings for site reliability engineers with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $153,000–$230,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.
Measured November 2026 · n=151 US postings with salary
Site reliability engineer salary: $153,000–$230,000 a year, measured from live postings.
Every number below comes from 435 tracked live postings whose title matches "site reliability engineer". No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.
- The median site reliability engineer posting offers $153,000–$230,000 a year (n=151).
- 20.7% of the 435 live postings matching "site reliability engineer" are remote.
- Builds AI site reliability engineers list $165,000–$265,000, vs $151,350–$227,300 at Little AI.
Median salary by seniority (USD / year)
Seniority as tagged on the posting. Both salary bounds required.
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 0 | not enough data |
| Mid-level | 33 | $125,000–$184,800 |
| Senior | 91 | $165,000–$243,000 |
| Lead | 21 | $190,000–$297,000 |
Remote vs on-site (USD / year)
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Remote | 28 | $162,400–$243,600 |
| On-site / hybrid | 123 | $151,500–$227,300 |
Companies hiring site reliability engineers
Method
US-dollar postings whose title contains "site reliability engineer", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 151 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page. Below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.
Sample: postings at tech companies tracked by Level. Not the whole labor market. Do not cite as a national average.
Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured November 2026. Small-n slices move a lot. Read the n column first.
Source: O*NET OnLine (U.S. Dept. of Labor): Network and Computer Systems Administrators (SOC 15-1244.00).
Site reliability engineer salary questions, answered from the data
How many site reliability engineers jobs are remote?
20.7% of the 151 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.
Does the AI level of the job change the pay?
In this sample, 23 postings build AI and 370 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.