Seattle is the premier DevOps and SRE H1B market in the US -- AWS, Azure, and GCP all have their core infrastructure operations in Seattle. With 6,200 FY2024 DevOps/SRE filings and a median wage of $178,000 -- 48% above national -- Seattle's DevOps market is shaped by cloud infrastructure at a scale no other city matches. Washington's zero income tax maximizes take-home.
| Role | Median |
|---|---|
| DevOps Engineer L4 | $155,000 |
| Senior DevOps L5 | $188,000 |
| SRE L5 | $195,000 |
| Staff SRE L6 | $235,000 |
| Cloud Architect | $228,000 |
Source: DOL LCA disclosures, FY2024.
| Employer | Median Wage |
|---|---|
| Amazon AWS SRE | $195,000 |
| Microsoft Azure DevOps | $205,000 |
| Google Seattle Infra | $215,000 |
| Tableau / Salesforce | $182,000 |
| DocuSign Engineering | $175,000 |
| T-Mobile Tech | $162,000 |