Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering - Infrastructure Platform
Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC $232k – $319k/yr
awsterraformci/cdmachine learningDirect from employer Oct 13
DevOps Engineer salary in Chicago
What employers are offering right now, from 14 live DevOps Engineer postings in Chicago that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.
Median
$189k
a year, base pay
Middle half
$160k–$220k
25th to 75th percentile
Highest posted
$276k
range midpoint
How the offers are spread
$160k
$174k
$189k
$203k
$218k
$232k
$247k
$261k
DevOps Engineer pay by level
| Level | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | $190k | 7 |
Top-paying companies for DevOps Engineer roles
| Company | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Okta | $231k | 5 |
| MongoDB | $188k | 2 |
| tastylive | $160k | 3 |
| tastytrade | $160k | 3 |
Highest-paying open DevOps Engineer jobs
All 17 open jobs →Manager, Site Reliability Engineering
Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC $204k – $306k/yr
awskubernetesterraformci/cdDirect from employer Jul 2
Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Kubernetes
Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC $194k – $267k/yr
pythonawskubernetesdockerDirect from employer Aug 27
Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Splunk
Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC $194k – $267k/yr
pythonrubyawsgcpDirect from employer Feb 26
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Linux Systems & Application Observability
Chicago, Illinois $180k – $200k/yr
pythonjavarubyelixirDirect from employer Sep 8
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Linux Systems & Application Observability
Chicago, Illinois $180k – $200k/yr
pythonjavarubyelixirDirect from employer Sep 8
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DevOps Engineer salary: common questions
- What is the average DevOps Engineer salary in Chicago?
- The median midpoint of 14 live DevOps Engineer postings in Chicago is $189k a year. Half of them fall between $160k and $220k.
- How does DevOps Engineer pay change with seniority?
- senior postings $190k. Staff, principal and director roles usually pay more and often add equity.
- Which companies pay DevOps Engineer roles the most?
- Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at Okta ($231k), MongoDB ($188k), tastylive ($160k), tastytrade ($160k).
- Where do these numbers come from?
- From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.
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