The median H1B devops engineer salary is $112,000 a year, based on 20,511 certified Labor Condition Applications from FY2021 to FY2026. Half of the filings list between $95,000 and $141,029.
Median
$112,000
Average
$121,891
75th percentile
$141,029
| Median (50th percentile) | $112,000 |
| Average | $121,891 |
| 25th percentile | $95,000 |
| 75th percentile | $141,029 |
| Lowest filed wage | $47,500 |
| Highest filed wage | $988,416 |
| Certified LCA filings | 20,511 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC H-1B LCA disclosure data, FY2021 to FY2026. Certified cases with an annual wage between $30,000 and $1,000,000 whose job title or occupation title contains: devops, dev ops, site reliability engineer.
Share of the 19,564 DevOps Engineer filings that state a DOL wage level, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent).
See the DevOps Engineer wage level breakdown, how wage levels affect H-1B selection, or check a salary with the wage level calculator.
Average filed wage, among states with at least 10 certified filings.
| State | Filings | Average wage |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps Engineer salary in California | 3,058 | $159,959 |
| DevOps Engineer salary in Washington | 800 | $148,041 |
| DevOps Engineer salary in New York | 547 | $146,109 |
| DevOps Engineer salary in Oregon | 101 | $128,152 |
| DevOps Engineer salary in Massachusetts | 438 | $128,137 |
| DevOps Engineer salary in Colorado | 372 | $119,868 |
| DevOps Engineer salary in Delaware | 76 | $119,693 |
| DevOps Engineer salary in New Jersey | 1,030 | $119,263 |
| DevOps Engineer salary in Nebraska | 40 | $118,281 |
| DevOps Engineer salary in Maryland | 370 | $117,136 |
By number of certified filings (employers with at least 5).
| Employer | Filings | Average wage |
|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | 315 | $179,244 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 239 | $166,171 |
| EFICENS SYSTEMS INC | 226 | $96,030 |
| Equifax Inc. | 190 | $124,517 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | 186 | $124,296 |
| EFICENS SYSTEMS LLC | 172 | $92,641 |
| Veridic Solutions LLC | 163 | $88,500 |
| TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc. | 134 | $206,207 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 107 | $179,997 |
| IBM Corporation | 104 | $149,491 |
| MAGTECH CONSULTING AND SOLUTIONS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | 95 | $93,251 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 88 | $139,857 |
| Fiscal year | Filings | Average wage |
|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 93 | $117,918 |
| FY2022 | 5,132 | $117,545 |
| FY2023 | 4,746 | $117,719 |
| FY2024 | 5,349 | $121,525 |
| FY2025 | 4,292 | $129,604 |
| FY2026 | 899 | $134,480 |
The median wage on 20,511 certified H1B Labor Condition Applications for devops engineer roles is $112,000 a year (FY2021 to FY2026). Half of the filings list between $95,000 and $141,029; the average is $121,891.
Among states with at least 10 certified filings, the highest average wage is in California ($159,959), Washington ($148,041) and New York ($146,109).
By number of certified filings: Google LLC (315, average $179,244), Microsoft Corporation (239, average $166,171) and EFICENS SYSTEMS INC (226, average $96,030).
Level II: 56% of the 19,564 filings that state a wage level. The Department of Labor has four levels, I (entry) to IV (fully competent), each tied to a local prevailing wage.
A Labor Condition Application is what an employer files with the Department of Labor before an H-1B petition, stating the job, work location and the wage it will pay. Certified LCAs are public, which is where these figures come from. An LCA is not an approved H-1B petition, and one employer may file several for the same opening.