DevOps Engineer Salary in United States

DevOps Engineer pay in United States: Washington DC leads, Phoenix trails

The United States national median for a devops engineer is $114,000 a year. Among 9 metros with observed data, pay runs from about $93,700 in Phoenix to $208,000 in Washington DC (2.2×).

DevOps engineers automate infrastructure, deployment, and monitoring to ship software reliably. Common screening skills include CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS.

A modeled national band runs about $73,000–$164,200 around that midpoint. Many top cash roles in the United States still run through employer sponsorship and specialty licensing. Employment outlook for the occupation is sketched at +21% over a decade — a national demand guess, not a hiring guarantee in every American city.

Washington DC sits +82% vs the national median; Phoenix sits -18%. Relocating inside United States for this title can move cash more than a small raise at the same desk. Open a city page for take-home and rent context — this national page is the map, not the offer.

United States shows about 2.9% CPI in 2024. A devops engineer raise that trails inflation is a real-pay cut even if it still beats last year’s peers. This occupation is also covered in 39 other countries — useful for remote or relocation shortlists, after FX and local tax. Nearby technology titles on this site include Software Engineer, Frontend Developer, Backend Developer, and Data Scientist.