DevOps Engineer Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median DevOps Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 148,700

✏️ This salary info is based on 128 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average DevOps Engineer salary lies between USD 119,000 and USD 176,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
DevOps Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
128
Top 10%
$ 210,000
Top 25%
$ 176,000
Median
$ 148,700
Bottom 25%
$ 119,000
Bottom 10%
$ 95,300

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for DevOps Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with DevOps Engineer job listings are DevOps, Cloud and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

DevOps | 201 jobs Cloud | 190 jobs Python | 164 jobs Automation | 160 jobs Kubernetes | 160 jobs CI/CD | 155 jobs AWS | 152 jobs Terraform | 139 jobs Scripting | 124 jobs Monitoring | 119 jobs Bash | 115 jobs Docker | 108 jobs Jenkins | 96 jobs Agile | 95 jobs Ansible | 95 jobs Linux | 90 jobs Azure | 83 jobs Compliance | 82 jobs DevSecOps | 68 jobs GitLab | 67 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for DevOps Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with DevOps Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Insurance. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 123 jobs Health care | 77 jobs Insurance | 46 jobs Startup environment | 43 jobs Team events | 40 jobs Medical leave | 36 jobs Flex hours | 35 jobs Competitive pay | 33 jobs Equity / stock options | 32 jobs Flex vacation | 31 jobs Salary bonus | 30 jobs 401(k) matching | 25 jobs Wellness | 25 jobs Parental leave | 18 jobs Relocation support | 16 jobs Gear | 8 jobs Conferences | 7 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Fitness / gym | 5 jobs Signing bonus | 5 jobs

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