Mid-level DevOps Engineer salary in San Francisco, CA

Based on 48 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Redwood City, San Ramon, Pleasanton, Fremont, San Mateo.

Median salary$155,605
Middle 50%$131k–$164.3k
vs. all levels here−4%comparison median $161,637
Filings48FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $94,890 and $224,240.
PercentileSalary
10th$106,000
25th$131,036
50th (median)$155,605
75th$164,250
90th$189,919

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $135k $170k FY2020: median $120,000 (99 filings) FY2021: median $121,000 (89 filings) FY2022: median $123,860 (56 filings) FY2023: median $135,000 (48 filings) FY2024: median $147,368 (47 filings) FY2025: median $155,605 (30 filings) FY2026: median $152,819 (18 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 99 filings FY20 FY2021: 89 filings FY21 FY2022: 56 filings FY22 FY2023: 48 filings FY23 FY2024: 47 filings FY24 FY2025: 30 filings FY25 FY2026: 18 filings FY26 99
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$120,000$119,122$125,00099
FY2021$121,000$120,931$128,75089
FY2022$123,860$121,763$145,48256
FY2023$135,000$127,750$147,36848
FY2024$147,368$146,684$155,30347
FY2025$155,605$111,091$161,63730
FY2026$152,819$139,500$164,75018

Cost of living

San Francisco's median mid-level DevOps Engineer salary of $155,605 is worth about $134,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Francisco = 115.6).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Workdaytoo few4
Lucid Motorstoo few2
Cloud5 Solutionstoo few2
Globant It Servicestoo few2
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)too few2
Lingotoo few2
Teladoc Healthtoo few2
Zelecloudtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $135,699 16
Mid-level · Level II $155,605 48
Senior · Level III $200,000 23
Expert · Level IV $214,322 17

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.