Senior DevOps Engineer salary in Boston, MA

Based on 13 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Quincy, Waltham, Lowell, Newton, Woburn.

Median salary$150,310
Middle 50%$145k–$155.3k
vs. all levels here+12%comparison median $134,400
Filings13FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $115,188 and $184,695.
PercentileSalary
10th$115,627
25th$145,000
50th (median)$150,310
75th$155,250
90th$177,966

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $120k $140k FY2020: median $118,934 (13 filings) FY2021: median $125,000 (11 filings) FY2023: median $131,126 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 13 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 5 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 6 filings FY24 FY2025: 7 filings FY25 FY2026: 6 filings FY26 13
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$118,934$113,000$130,00013
FY2021$125,000$115,970$133,50011
FY2022–––5
FY2023$131,126$129,189$135,80710
FY2024–––6
FY2025–––7
FY2026–––6

Cost of living

Boston's median senior DevOps Engineer salary of $150,310 is worth about $138,800 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Boston = 108.3).

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $105,000 13
Mid-level · Level II $126,250 25
Senior · Level III $150,310 13
Expert · Level IV $178,131 13

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.