Site Reliability Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Site Reliability Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 160,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 158 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Site Reliability Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 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
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
158
Top 10%
$ 252,000
Top 25%
$ 200,000
Median
$ 160,000
Bottom 25%
$ 120,000
Bottom 10%
$ 84,600

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 Site Reliability Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with 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 | 217 jobs Engineering | 191 jobs Kubernetes | 150 jobs AWS | 148 jobs Terraform | 143 jobs Security | 142 jobs Machine Learning | 129 jobs CI/CD | 113 jobs Linux | 105 jobs DevOps | 102 jobs Architecture | 92 jobs Pipelines | 89 jobs Computer Science | 88 jobs Grafana | 86 jobs Java | 82 jobs GCP | 81 jobs Azure | 79 jobs Docker | 77 jobs Ansible | 76 jobs Distributed Systems | 69 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 | 171 jobs Health care | 101 jobs Equity / stock options | 86 jobs Flex hours | 61 jobs Insurance | 54 jobs Team events | 53 jobs Startup environment | 52 jobs Competitive pay | 52 jobs Flex vacation | 43 jobs Salary bonus | 43 jobs Medical leave | 40 jobs Parental leave | 37 jobs Wellness | 35 jobs Relocation support | 21 jobs Transparency | 19 jobs 401(k) matching | 18 jobs Fertility benefits | 15 jobs Gear | 9 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 9 jobs Conferences | 7 jobs

Related salaries

Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 180,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 136,375 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 45,000 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 160,000 (United States) Details
Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 136,375 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 180,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Site Reliability Engineer @ $ 138,250 (Canada) Details

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