DevOps Engineer Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median DevOps Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 145,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 242 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average DevOps Engineer salary lies between USD 119,600 and USD 175,000 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
242
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 175,000
Median
$ 145,000
Bottom 25%
$ 119,600
Bottom 10%
$ 98,600

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, Python and CI/CD. 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 | 619 jobs Python | 570 jobs CI/CD | 479 jobs Engineering | 477 jobs Kubernetes | 466 jobs Terraform | 453 jobs AWS | 452 jobs Security | 451 jobs Pipelines | 416 jobs Machine Learning | 361 jobs Docker | 353 jobs Azure | 279 jobs Ansible | 257 jobs Linux | 254 jobs Architecture | 254 jobs Agile | 223 jobs Computer Science | 222 jobs Jenkins | 222 jobs GitHub | 202 jobs GCP | 200 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 Flex hours. 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 | 395 jobs Health care | 191 jobs Flex hours | 157 jobs Equity / stock options | 136 jobs Startup environment | 136 jobs Competitive pay | 134 jobs Team events | 127 jobs Salary bonus | 84 jobs Flex vacation | 77 jobs Insurance | 69 jobs Parental leave | 62 jobs Medical leave | 57 jobs Wellness | 42 jobs 401(k) matching | 39 jobs Home office stipend | 24 jobs Gear | 22 jobs Conferences | 19 jobs Transparency | 17 jobs Signing bonus | 17 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 17 jobs

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