Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer
Occupation profile for Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer covers 37 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $184,000.
- FY2026 certified median
- $184,000
- Total filings
- 37
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $165,500–$205,500
- Top employer
- Google LLC
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 13 | $186,000 | $160,000 | $186,732 |
| FY2025 | 20 | $186,000 | $167,000 | $206,500 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 4 | $184,000 | $165,500 | $205,500 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Google LLC35 filings
- ByteDance Inc.1 filings
- TikTok Inc.1 filings
Top cities
- Sunnyvale12 filings
- San Francisco6 filings
- Mountain View5 filings
- Seattle5 filings
- San Bruno2 filings
- San Jose2 filings
- New York2 filings
- Cambridge1 filings
- Pittsburgh1 filings
- Kirkland1 filings
Filings by employer and title
Prevailing wages by area and occupation
The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 15-1252 | $152,797 | $187,075 | $221,374 | $255,653 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 15-1252 | $137,093 | $165,131 | $193,149 | $221,187 |
| 2026-27 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 42660 | 15-1252 | $111,613 | $143,104 | $174,595 | $206,086 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 15-1252 | $109,845 | $137,717 | $165,589 | $193,461 |
| 2026-27 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 14460 | 15-1252 | $114,275 | $138,237 | $162,198 | $186,160 |
| 2026-27 | Pittsburgh, PAArea 38300 | 15-1252 | $81,702 | $103,958 | $126,194 | $148,450 |