Senior DevOps Engineer salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 16 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Irvine, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Northridge, Placentia.

Median salary$155,522
Middle 50%$152.9k–$160.5k
vs. all levels here+20%comparison median $129,684
Filings16FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $116,460 and $178,500.
PercentileSalary
10th$125,000
25th$152,915
50th (median)$155,522
75th$160,463
90th$168,754

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $130k $150k FY2020: median $136,209 (10 filings) FY2021: median $130,000 (12 filings) FY2022: median $135,000 (15 filings) FY2023: median $131,500 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 10 filings FY20 FY2021: 12 filings FY21 FY2022: 15 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 7 filings FY24 FY2025: 9 filings FY25 FY2026: 7 filings FY26 15
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$136,209$126,900$145,00010
FY2021$130,000$121,160$132,75012
FY2022$135,000$119,187$182,15015
FY2023$131,500$124,987$149,78410
FY2024–––7
FY2025–––9
FY2026–––7

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median senior DevOps Engineer salary of $155,522 is worth about $136,900 at national average prices.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
California Creative Solutionstoo few6

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.