Expert DevOps Engineer salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 97 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level IV in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Irving, Plano, Frisco, Aubrey, Mckinney.

Median salary$156,998
Middle 50%$149.8k–$169.8k
vs. all levels here+40%comparison median $112,139
Filings97FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $117,548 and $214,974.
PercentileSalary
10th$146,693
25th$149,781
50th (median)$156,998
75th$169,800
90th$187,676

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $140k $170k FY2020: median $130,765 (16 filings) FY2021: median $131,109 (26 filings) FY2022: median $140,000 (71 filings) FY2023: median $139,464 (65 filings) FY2024: median $140,000 (45 filings) FY2025: median $156,998 (61 filings) FY2026: median $156,998 (36 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 16 filings FY20 FY2021: 26 filings FY21 FY2022: 71 filings FY22 FY2023: 65 filings FY23 FY2024: 45 filings FY24 FY2025: 61 filings FY25 FY2026: 36 filings FY26 71
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$130,765$127,572$140,00016
FY2021$131,109$127,441$145,60026
FY2022$140,000$130,000$157,00071
FY2023$139,464$134,992$155,00065
FY2024$140,000$139,464$158,25245
FY2025$156,998$149,781$170,00061
FY2026$156,998$154,752$167,70336

Cost of living

Dallas's median expert DevOps Engineer salary of $156,998 is worth about $152,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Dallas = 103.1).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
AAA Texastoo few8
Southwest Airlinestoo few6
o9 Solutionstoo few5
SAPtoo few3
NVIDIAtoo few3
Safewaytoo few3
Comcasttoo few2
NTT DATAtoo few2
Randstadtoo few2
Eight Eleven Grouptoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $90,896 147
Mid-level · Level II $106,000 656
Senior · Level III $135,000 136
Expert · Level IV $156,998 97

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.