Fresh DevOps / entry-level salary ranges are likely to be in the range of ₹3.5-7 lakh per year, depending greatly on location, company, your skill level, tools familiar, internships, etc Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune cities typically pay higher. Tier-2 or smaller cities typically pay lower. With hands-on experience (cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, scripting, CI/CD pipeline etc.), internships or projects, you negotiate better.