Software Engineer, Site Reliability at Google
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does Google pay a Software Engineer, Site Reliability on an H-1B?
$167k Google has filed 232 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Software Engineer, Site Reliability with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2019 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $167k. Most of those filings fall between $150k and $187k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
232
Median base salary
$167k
Middle 50%
$150k to $187k
Filings and pay by year
Software Engineer, Site Reliability at Google, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 68 | $177k |
| FY2025 | 43 | $182k |
| FY2024 | 54 | $174k |
| FY2023 | 55 | $151k |
| FY2022 | 11 | $144k |
| FY2019 | 1 | $115k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
Where this work is
Work locations named on the filings, most common first
| Location | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Sunnyvale, CA | 79 | $181k |
| San Francisco, CA | 29 | $185k |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 23 | $145k |
| Seattle, WA | 23 | $163k |
| Mountain View, CA | 21 | $181k |
| New York, NY | 18 | $184k |
| Durham, NC | 17 | $139k |
| San Bruno, CA | 10 | $169k |
| Los Angeles, CA | 4 | $159k |
| Bellevue, WA | 3 | $156k |
| Kirkland, WA | 3 | $180k |
| Cambridge, MA | 1 | $151k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 9 | $141k |
| Level II | 140 | $168k |
| Level III | 20 | $212k |
| Level IV | 6 | $243k |