Senior Site Reliability Engineer salary in Seattle, WA

Based on 52 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Redmond, Bellevue, Bothell, Kirkland, Lake Stevens.

Median salary$180,710
Middle 50%$175.9k–$192.1k
vs. all levels here+6%comparison median $170,294
Filings52FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $132,253 and $214,900.
PercentileSalary
10th$164,004
25th$175,878
50th (median)$180,710
75th$192,122
90th$204,425

Salary by year

Median salary

$140k $165k $190k FY2020: median $160,000 (11 filings) FY2021: median $157,674 (18 filings) FY2022: median $165,000 (37 filings) FY2023: median $172,039 (34 filings) FY2024: median $168,978 (35 filings) FY2025: median $180,000 (37 filings) FY2026: median $180,710 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11 filings FY20 FY2021: 18 filings FY21 FY2022: 37 filings FY22 FY2023: 34 filings FY23 FY2024: 35 filings FY24 FY2025: 37 filings FY25 FY2026: 15 filings FY26 37
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$160,000$143,500$165,00011
FY2021$157,674$145,500$178,50018
FY2022$165,000$155,360$180,60037
FY2023$172,039$155,984$186,31234
FY2024$168,978$155,418$181,15735
FY2025$180,000$166,720$187,49737
FY2026$180,710$178,440$198,59115

Cost of living

Seattle's median senior Site Reliability Engineer salary of $180,710 is worth about $162,600 at national average prices.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Microsoft$181,82933
TikToktoo few4
Alibaba Cloudtoo few2
F5too few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $135,673 22
Mid-level · Level II $160,160 77
Senior · Level III $180,710 52
Expert · Level IV $216,729 40

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.