Senior Site Reliability Engineer salary in Austin, TX

Based on 41 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Round Rock, Georgetown, Leander, Cedar Park, Liberty Hill.

Median salary$132,500
Middle 50%$120k–$143.2k
vs. all levels here−1%comparison median $133,260
Filings41FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $106,854 and $190,663.
PercentileSalary
10th$107,141
25th$120,000
50th (median)$132,500
75th$143,200
90th$159,340

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $125k $150k FY2022: median $141,953 (17 filings) FY2023: median $127,500 (14 filings) FY2024: median $118,165 (25 filings) FY2025: median $132,267 (35 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 3 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 17 filings FY22 FY2023: 14 filings FY23 FY2024: 25 filings FY24 FY2025: 35 filings FY25 FY2026: 6 filings FY26 35
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–––4
FY2022$141,953$125,000$160,00017
FY2023$127,500$115,675$143,78514
FY2024$118,165$106,974$132,26725
FY2025$132,267$122,350$140,00035
FY2026–––6

Cost of living

Austin's median senior Site Reliability Engineer salary of $132,500 is worth about $135,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Austin = 98.1).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Visa$109,00314
Thales DIStoo few4
CVS Healthtoo few2
Evolent Specialty Servicestoo few2
Innova Solutionstoo few2
SolarWinds Worldwidetoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $110,700 71
Senior · Level III $132,500 41
Expert · Level IV $160,700 67

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.