DevOps Engineer salary in Trenton, NJ

Based on 24 certified H-1B filings in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Princeton, Pennington, Lawrenceville, Cranbury, West Windsor.

Median salary$112,000
Middle 50%$106k–$138.3k
vs. national median−1%comparison median $112,923
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $63,910 and $180,791.
PercentileSalary
10th$84,500
25th$105,979
50th (median)$112,000
75th$138,277
90th$167,340

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $100k $120k FY2020: median $94,307 (33 filings) FY2021: median $90,002 (22 filings) FY2022: median $101,000 (14 filings) FY2023: median $99,962 (18 filings) FY2024: median $100,000 (29 filings) FY2025: median $107,100 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 33 filings FY20 FY2021: 22 filings FY21 FY2022: 14 filings FY22 FY2023: 18 filings FY23 FY2024: 29 filings FY24 FY2025: 15 filings FY25 FY2026: 9 filings FY26 33
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$94,307$84,000$102,00033
FY2021$90,002$86,757$101,93922
FY2022$101,000$90,346$117,28014
FY2023$99,962$78,125$105,09018
FY2024$100,000$83,595$105,06129
FY2025$107,100$95,500$130,99915
FY2026–––9

Cost of living

Trenton's median DevOps Engineer salary of $112,000 is worth about $108,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Trenton = 103.2).

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Dow Jones and Companytoo few2
Palayekar Companiestoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $107,100 11
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.