Across 66 live US postings for site reliability engineers with a listed USD salary, measured September 2026, the median offer is $168,000–$250,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.
Measured September 2026 · n=66 US postings with salary
Site reliability engineer salary: $168,000–$250,000 a year, measured from live postings.
Every number below comes from 248 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 $168,000–$250,000 a year (n=66).
- 47.2% of the 248 live postings matching "site reliability engineer" are remote.
- Level 4 site reliability engineers (building AI systems) list $168,000–$265,125, vs $162,500–$249,000 at Level 1.
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 | 1 | $98,000–$148,500 |
| Mid-level | 3 | $113,000–$171,600 |
| Senior | 41 | $168,000–$249,000 |
| Lead | 17 | $168,000–$260,000 |
Remote vs on-site (USD / year)
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Remote | 23 | $165,000–$252,000 |
| On-site / hybrid | 43 | $168,000–$249,000 |
Companies hiring site reliability engineers
Method
US-dollar postings whose title contains "site reliability engineer", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 66 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 Not the whole labor market — do not cite as a national average.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 September 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?
47.2% of the 66 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured September 2026.
Does the AI level of the job change the pay?
In this sample, 19 postings are Level 4 (building AI systems) and 200 are Level 1 (AI is not the work). See the AI level breakdown below for the median in each band. Measured September 2026.