Side-by-side distribution
DevOps
$195,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 38.3%
- Live roles
- 3,536
Platform Engineer
$198,450
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 44.6%
- Live roles
- 4,126
Highest-paying jobs
Platform Engineer
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data Platform
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Senior Security Platform Engineer I
Software Engineer, Platform
Software Engineer, Platform
Lead Software Engineer, Payment Platform
Senior QA Engineer, Platform
Software Engineer, Platform Systems
Web Platform Lead Engineer
Highest-paying jobs
Data Infrastructure Engineer, Pre-training
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data Platform
Platform Engineer
Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Cluster Infrastructure
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Senior Security Platform Engineer I
Staff Software Engineer, Environments Infrastructure
Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards Infrastructure
Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems)
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 30 |
Elastic
|
$92,349 | 24 |
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 22 |
Air Apps
|
$64,596 | 22 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 20 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 18 |
Coinbase
|
$202,483 | 18 |
Nuro
|
$200,450 | 14 |
Speechify
Palantir
DevOps salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $226,250 | 253 |
| New York | $215,000 | 226 |
| Seattle | $210,750 | 68 |
| Los Angeles | $205,650 | 30 |
| Boston | $202,500 | 41 |
| Chicago | $195,000 | 32 |
| Denver | $183,500 | 27 |
| Austin | $182,250 | 24 |
| Atlanta | $161,725 | 10 |
| Toronto | $160,600 | 49 |
Platform Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $232,250 | 422 |
| New York | $215,000 | 357 |
| Seattle | $215,000 | 125 |
| Boston | $203,000 | 52 |
| Los Angeles | $196,250 | 46 |
| Austin | $194,750 | 36 |
| Toronto | $188,000 | 59 |
| Atlanta | $183,975 | 7 |
| Denver | $183,500 | 31 |
| London | $182,500 | 52 |
DevOps vs Platform Engineer: which pays more?
The median for DevOps is $195,000 per year (typically $155,000–$225,000), versus $198,450 for Platform Engineer ($166,975–$235,000). That puts Platform Engineer about 2% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so DevOps and Platform Engineer are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.