Median salary
$175,000
median over time
Typical range
$131k – $215k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
18.6%
1,384 of 7,430 roles
Live roles
7,430
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Site Reliability Engineer
IC Agentic Engineering Manager - Stargate
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability Engineering
Vice President, Engineering and AI Innovations
Site Reliability Engineer
Security Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Senior / Staff Software Engineer
Principal Engineer, Compute Platform
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 68 |
Snowflake
|
$243,750 | 61 |
Clearway Energy
|
$114,500 | 57 |
Air Apps
|
$93,120 | 43 |
Klaviyo
|
$185,000 | 33 |
Remote
|
$86,575 | 33 |
Astranis
|
$175,000 | 30 |
incident.io
|
$150,000 | 23 |
SRE salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $205,000 | 287 |
| New York | $193,500 | 167 |
| Seattle | $190,000 | 50 |
| Chicago | $189,391 | 28 |
| Austin | $188,000 | 24 |
| Boston | $185,000 | 70 |
| Los Angeles | $181,000 | 21 |
| Sydney | $168,553 | 4 |
| Singapore | $165,576 | 3 |
| Atlanta | $165,000 | 17 |
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How much do SRE roles pay?
The median salary for SRE roles is $175,000 per year. Most pay falls between $131,000 (25th percentile) and $215,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $86,575 to $257,728.
These figures are computed live from 7,430 active SRE roles on JobsRadar, of which 1,384 (18.6%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid SRE roles include coreflow, OpenAI, Anthropic and Five9.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.