Entry-level DevOps Engineer salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 18 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Irvine, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Northridge, Placentia.

Median salary$102,357
Middle 50%$102.3k–$106.1k
vs. all levels here−21%comparison median $129,684
Filings18FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $74,851 and $132,785.
PercentileSalary
10th$102,232
25th$102,263
50th (median)$102,357
75th$106,123
90th$118,612

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $90k $110k FY2021: median $78,125 (10 filings) FY2023: median $84,479 (14 filings) FY2025: median $102,357 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 3 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 8 filings FY22 FY2023: 14 filings FY23 FY2024: 6 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 14
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–––3
FY2021$78,125$78,125$88,75010
FY2022–––8
FY2023$84,479$80,122$91,32414
FY2024–––6
FY2025$102,357$102,357$102,50013
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median entry-level DevOps Engineer salary of $102,357 is worth about $90,100 at national average prices.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Medtronictoo few2
RGB Systemstoo few2
Venus Pacifictoo 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.