Mid-level Site Reliability Engineer salary in New York, NY

Based on 55 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Jersey City, Whippany, Newark, Berkeley Heights, Bridgewater.

Median salary$149,000
Middle 50%$126.9k–$161.4k
vs. all levels here−7%comparison median $160,805
Filings55FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $94,682 and $335,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$95,400
25th$126,900
50th (median)$149,000
75th$161,416
90th$200,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $130k $160k FY2021: median $115,000 (16 filings) FY2022: median $134,000 (32 filings) FY2023: median $136,000 (26 filings) FY2024: median $148,600 (30 filings) FY2025: median $150,038 (28 filings) FY2026: median $132,225 (27 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 16 filings FY21 FY2022: 32 filings FY22 FY2023: 26 filings FY23 FY2024: 30 filings FY24 FY2025: 28 filings FY25 FY2026: 27 filings FY26 32
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–––6
FY2021$115,000$102,000$146,75016
FY2022$134,000$108,212$152,00032
FY2023$136,000$110,000$168,00026
FY2024$148,600$120,000$179,49130
FY2025$150,038$131,997$158,26228
FY2026$132,225$97,598$184,00027

Cost of living

New York's median mid-level Site Reliability Engineer salary of $149,000 is worth about $132,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Google$163,00011
Barclaystoo few5
Randstadtoo few2
TikToktoo few2
Citadel Enterprise Americas Servicestoo few2
Citadel Securities Americas Servicestoo few2
Grubhub Holdingstoo few2
John Wiley & Sonstoo few2
RBC Capital Marketstoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $165,000 12
Mid-level · Level II $149,000 55
Senior · Level III $164,725 29
Expert · Level IV $202,000 40

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.