Site Reliability Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Site Reliability Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 172,820

✏️ This salary info is based on 32 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Site Reliability Engineer salary lies between USD 117,200 and USD 205,000 globally. 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
Site Reliability Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
32
Top 10%
$ 230,000
Top 25%
$ 205,000
Median
$ 172,820
Bottom 25%
$ 117,200
Bottom 10%
$ 103,200

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Site Reliability Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Site Reliability Engineer job listings are Cloud, Automation 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:

Cloud | 44 jobs Automation | 42 jobs Python | 39 jobs Monitoring | 39 jobs AWS | 32 jobs CI/CD | 32 jobs Kubernetes | 27 jobs DevOps | 26 jobs Scripting | 26 jobs Terraform | 25 jobs Incident response | 24 jobs Ansible | 24 jobs Azure | 23 jobs Docker | 21 jobs GCP | 21 jobs Linux | 19 jobs Compliance | 18 jobs Computer Science | 17 jobs Bash | 16 jobs Vulnerabilities | 14 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Site Reliability Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Site Reliability Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. 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 | 32 jobs Health care | 24 jobs Equity / stock options | 20 jobs Startup environment | 14 jobs Salary bonus | 14 jobs Flex hours | 13 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs Team events | 11 jobs Medical leave | 10 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Parental leave | 7 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs

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Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 172,820 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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