Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer at Google
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does Google pay a Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer on an H-1B?
$159k Google has filed 112 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $159k. Most of those filings fall between $144k and $181k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
112
Median base salary
$159k
Middle 50%
$144k to $181k
Filings and pay by year
Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer at Google, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 4 | $184k |
| FY2025 | 19 | $186k |
| FY2024 | 12 | $186k |
| FY2023 | 15 | $168k |
| FY2022 | 48 | $150k |
| FY2021 | 2 | $180k |
| FY2019 | 2 | $154k |
| FY2018 | 1 | $124k |
| FY2017 | 9 | $127k |
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 | 45 | $168k |
| Mountain View, CA | 15 | $157k |
| San Francisco, CA | 14 | $181k |
| Seattle, WA | 14 | $154k |
| New York, NY | 7 | $168k |
| Cambridge, MA | 5 | $140k |
| San Bruno, CA | 4 | $172k |
| Kirkland, WA | 3 | $151k |
| Austin, TX | 1 | $175k |
| Boulder, CO | 1 | $143k |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $170k |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $133k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 4 | $122k |
| Level II | 70 | $154k |
| Level III | 18 | $179k |
| Level IV | 3 | $175k |