DevOps / site reliability engineer · Singapore, Singapore
DevOps engineer salary in Singapore — 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 Singapore typically earns around 178,565 SGD (mid-market), with most offers between 140,972 SGD and 230,255 SGD.
What it nets and supports
After local tax the mid-market figure nets about 13,988 SGD/month — enough to support a premium lifestyle in Singapore.
Versus the New York benchmark
Pay for this role in Singapore runs about 70% of the New York rate before adjusting for cost of living.
Estimated band
DevOps engineer gross salary in Singapore
Local-currency band derived from a $133,000 NYC P50 anchor × 0.70 city multiplier × 1.3426 SGD/USD.
What SGD 178,565 gross buys you in Singapore
Net after Singapore's effective payroll deduction, mapped to Mundevo's lifestyle tiers.
Required monthly net at each tier in Singapore
Where the P50 salary lands across Mundevo's four lifestyle tiers.
| Tier | Required net / month | Your P50 net covers it? |
|---|---|---|
| PremiumBest fit | SGD 8,019 | Yes |
| Comfortable | SGD 6,537 | Yes |
| Balanced | SGD 5,467 | Yes |
| Frugal | SGD 4,397 | Yes |
Real market data
What the market actually pays a devops engineer in Singapore
The average advertised devops engineer salary in Singapore is SGD5k across 321 live listings.
Market salary data via Adzuna (2026-07-12). Advertised gross pay from live listings — compare with our modelled band above.
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 Singapore?
- The typical devops engineer band in Singapore runs 140,972 SGD–230,255 SGD gross per year, with a median around 178,565 SGD. 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 Singapore?
- On the median 178,565 SGD gross, take-home is about 13,988 SGD per month (167,851 SGD/year) after Singapore's effective income tax and social security.
- Is 178,565 SGD a good devops engineer salary in Singapore?
- Yes — it's the local median and covers a premium lifestyle for a single person, with about 74% headroom over that tier's cost.