Salaries for DevOps engineers in the St. Louis metro typically range from $85,000–$120,000/year for mid-level roles and $130,000–$170,000+/year for senior engineers, especially those supporting Kubernetes, AWS GovCloud, secure CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring systems. Companies offering defense-related roles may require U.S. citizenship or security clearance, but compensation is generally higher and includes strong benefits. Remote DevOps roles may exceed $160,000–$210,000/year depending on employer location.