DevOps Engineer salary in Seattle, WA

Based on 104 certified H-1B filings in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Bellevue, Redmond, Issaquah, Bothell, Black Diamond.

Median salary$137,259
Middle 50%$108.8k–$149.4k
vs. national median+22%comparison median $112,923
Filings104FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $80,000 and $211,551.
PercentileSalary
10th$96,421
25th$108,775
50th (median)$137,259
75th$149,352
90th$165,938

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $130k $160k FY2020: median $113,381 (88 filings) FY2021: median $114,000 (59 filings) FY2022: median $119,350 (92 filings) FY2023: median $127,338 (48 filings) FY2024: median $128,502 (82 filings) FY2025: median $119,000 (57 filings) FY2026: median $145,500 (47 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 88 filings FY20 FY2021: 59 filings FY21 FY2022: 92 filings FY22 FY2023: 48 filings FY23 FY2024: 82 filings FY24 FY2025: 57 filings FY25 FY2026: 47 filings FY26 92
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$113,381$101,546$114,00088
FY2021$114,000$113,110$119,35059
FY2022$119,350$97,760$120,00092
FY2023$127,338$106,642$128,50248
FY2024$128,502$86,653$137,25982
FY2025$119,000$108,098$147,67357
FY2026$145,500$116,874$149,88047

Cost of living

Seattle's median DevOps Engineer salary of $137,259 is worth about $123,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Seattle = 111.1).

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Wiprotoo few6
Costco Wholesaletoo few6
NVIDIAtoo few5
People Tech Grouptoo few4
WaferWiretoo few4
HCLTechtoo few3
ProBPMtoo few3
Tetra Systemstoo few3
USTtoo few2
Amalgam Technologiestoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $114,192 22
Mid-level · Level II $133,405 58
Senior · Level III $163,862 12
Expert · Level IV too few 3

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.