DevOps Engineer salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 84 certified H-1B filings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Irvine, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Northridge, Placentia.

Median salary$129,684
Middle 50%$102.5k–$153.9k
vs. national median+15%comparison median $112,923
Filings84FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $67,899 and $189,114.
PercentileSalary
10th$95,403
25th$102,500
50th (median)$129,684
75th$153,920
90th$169,472

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $115k $150k FY2020: median $94,000 (76 filings) FY2021: median $110,000 (91 filings) FY2022: median $102,272 (84 filings) FY2023: median $105,000 (68 filings) FY2024: median $121,222 (47 filings) FY2025: median $127,000 (51 filings) FY2026: median $135,000 (33 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 76 filings FY20 FY2021: 91 filings FY21 FY2022: 84 filings FY22 FY2023: 68 filings FY23 FY2024: 47 filings FY24 FY2025: 51 filings FY25 FY2026: 33 filings FY26 91
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$94,000$93,891$108,31076
FY2021$110,000$98,316$133,50091
FY2022$102,272$96,907$132,75084
FY2023$105,000$100,908$126,25068
FY2024$121,222$103,352$139,68047
FY2025$127,000$102,357$152,45951
FY2026$135,000$107,164$157,12333

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median DevOps Engineer salary of $129,684 is worth about $114,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Los Angeles = 113.6).

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
California Creative Solutionstoo few6
SAPtoo few4
Costar Realty Informationtoo few4
Automobile Club of Southern Californiatoo few3
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)too few3
Ingram Microtoo few3
Medtronictoo few2
Beaconboldtoo few2
Caspextoo few2
Pacific Investment Management Companytoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $102,357 18
Mid-level · Level II $126,975 34
Senior · Level III $155,522 16
Expert · Level IV too few 3

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.