Salary for Senior-level / Expert Site Reliability Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Site Reliability Engineer during 2025 is USD 160,000

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

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Site Reliability Engineer salary lies between USD 116,100 and USD 200,000 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
32
Top 10%
$ 252,000
Top 25%
$ 200,000
Median
$ 160,000
Bottom 25%
$ 116,100
Bottom 10%
$ 95,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Site Reliability Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Site Reliability Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering and AWS. 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:

Python | 31 jobs Engineering | 29 jobs AWS | 25 jobs Terraform | 24 jobs Kubernetes | 23 jobs CI/CD | 23 jobs GCP | 20 jobs Azure | 20 jobs Linux | 19 jobs Security | 19 jobs Pipelines | 17 jobs DevOps | 17 jobs SQL | 15 jobs Machine Learning | 14 jobs Architecture | 14 jobs Ansible | 14 jobs Grafana | 14 jobs Jenkins | 14 jobs PostgreSQL | 13 jobs Java | 13 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Site Reliability Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 28 jobs Health care | 17 jobs Equity / stock options | 13 jobs Salary bonus | 10 jobs Flex hours | 9 jobs Insurance | 9 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Team events | 8 jobs Flex vacation | 7 jobs Startup environment | 7 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Competitive pay | 6 jobs Transparency | 5 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Gear | 3 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 3 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Pet friendly | 2 jobs Fertility benefits | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs

Related salaries

Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 147,660 (global) Details
Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 126,175 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 160,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 147,660 (United States) Details
Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 126,175 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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