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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Site Reliability Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 180,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 88 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Site Reliability Engineer salary lies between USD 140,000 and USD 220,000 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
Site Reliability Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
88
Top 10%
$ 282,900
Top 25%
$ 220,000
Median
$ 180,000
Bottom 25%
$ 140,000
Bottom 10%
$ 106,900

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 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 Kubernetes. 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 | 110 jobs Engineering | 96 jobs Kubernetes | 82 jobs Terraform | 80 jobs AWS | 77 jobs Security | 71 jobs Machine Learning | 69 jobs CI/CD | 67 jobs DevOps | 58 jobs Linux | 54 jobs Architecture | 54 jobs Grafana | 53 jobs Pipelines | 52 jobs Azure | 48 jobs GCP | 47 jobs Java | 44 jobs Docker | 41 jobs Ansible | 40 jobs Jenkins | 40 jobs Distributed Systems | 37 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 | 91 jobs Health care | 51 jobs Equity / stock options | 45 jobs Flex hours | 30 jobs Flex vacation | 28 jobs Startup environment | 27 jobs Team events | 26 jobs Salary bonus | 26 jobs Parental leave | 24 jobs Insurance | 24 jobs Competitive pay | 20 jobs Medical leave | 18 jobs Wellness | 14 jobs Transparency | 13 jobs 401(k) matching | 10 jobs Gear | 9 jobs Relocation support | 8 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 8 jobs Fertility benefits | 7 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs

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