DevOps / site reliability engineer · Cairo, Egypt
DevOps engineer salary in Cairo — typical band and what it buys
Senior DevOps / SRE owning production infrastructure, CI/CD, and on-call rotations.
Data signals
What the numbers say
The pay band
A devops engineer in Cairo typically earns around 4,662,037 EGP (mid-market), with most offers between 3,680,556 EGP and 6,011,574 EGP.
What it nets and supports
After local tax the mid-market figure nets about 306,917 EGP/month — enough to support a premium lifestyle in Cairo.
Versus the New York benchmark
Pay for this role in Cairo runs about 50% of the New York rate before adjusting for cost of living.
Estimated band
DevOps engineer gross salary in Cairo
Local-currency band derived from a $95,000 NYC P50 anchor × 0.50 city multiplier × 49.0741 EGP/USD.
What EGP 4,662,037 gross buys you in Cairo
Net after Egypt's effective payroll deduction, mapped to Mundevo's lifestyle tiers.
Required monthly net at each tier in Cairo
Where the P50 salary lands across Mundevo's four lifestyle tiers.
| Tier | Required net / month | Your P50 net covers it? |
|---|---|---|
| PremiumBest fit | EGP 37,250 | Yes |
| Comfortable | EGP 29,083 | Yes |
| Balanced | EGP 23,333 | Yes |
| Frugal | EGP 17,583 | Yes |
Who this band describes
The DevOps / SRE archetype in this band has 5+ years of experience operating production systems — cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes, observability stacks, CI/CD pipelines, and on-call response. Pay tends to run modestly above general-purpose senior SWE bands due to specialization and on-call burden.
Highest bands: tech companies with mature platform-engineering practices, finance-tech firms with strict reliability requirements, and crypto/trading infrastructure roles. Mid-band: enterprise SaaS, consultancies doing infra modernization work, and traditional companies modernizing their stack.
Common employer types at this band: Big tech, Fintech/crypto infra, Enterprise SaaS, Cloud consultancies.
Cross-check before negotiation
Mundevo's band is derived, not surveyed. For an offer conversation, anchor on at least one of these.
- Levels.fyi — DevOps/SRE bands at public tech companies
- Glassdoor — broader market view
- Stack Overflow Developer Survey — annual global snapshot
FAQ
- What is a good devops engineer salary in Cairo?
- The typical devops engineer band in Cairo runs 3,680,556 EGP–6,011,574 EGP gross per year, with a median around 4,662,037 EGP. At or above the median is a strong offer — the P50 here supports a premium lifestyle on our cost model.
- How much does a devops engineer take home after tax in Cairo?
- On the median 4,662,037 EGP gross, take-home is about 306,917 EGP per month (3,683,009 EGP/year) after Egypt's effective income tax and social security.
- Is 4,662,037 EGP a good devops engineer salary in Cairo?
- Yes — it's the local median and covers a premium lifestyle for a single person, with about 724% headroom over that tier's cost.