DevOps Engineer vs Backend Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
DevOps Engineer
Backend Engineer
Median salary
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$50,000,087,500
25th percentile
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$31,750,000
75th percentile
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$94,374,121,338
Top 10% earn above
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Listings with salary
231
325
Remote/hybrid
25%
24%
Top skills: DevOps Engineer
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Top skills: Backend Engineer
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Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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