Infrastructure Lead Salary in Washington, DC

How much does an Infrastructure Lead make in Washington, DC?

As of May 01, 2025, the average annual salary for an Infrastructure Lead in Washington, DC is $128,405. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $117,696 to $139,951, with most professionals earning between $107,947 and $150,462.

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Provide feedback, coaching, support, opportunities for development, complete performance appraisals, take corrective action when necessary, and participate in hiring decisions.

December 22, 2022

Manage an operating budget and participate in the capital budget process including providing accurate estimates and advising stakeholders across the company.

January 31, 2023

Supports various teams which configure and customize the most complex, multiplatform SAP application modules.

February 18, 2023

Hands on experience in building out Infrastructure as a code solutions for cloud and thereby aware of the best practices regarding the same.

March 03, 2023

Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment, while ensuring the organization is able to effectively and efficiently move through transitions.

March 22, 2023

Participates in the recruiting process, instructs, assigns, directs and reviews the work of infrastructure operations team members, prepares performance reviews and provides ongoing feedback.

March 29, 2023

Developing the vision, strategy and implementation plan for a specific category or categories of spend that will effectively meet the long-range requirements of the business partners and deliver the maximum value for J&J.

March 30, 2023

Understand long range requirements of the business partners and engage in strategic planning and partnering to ensure alignment.

April 12, 2023

Works in collaboration with the Reporting Program Director and DAO technical resources to create an enterprise data self-service strategy, and oversees the technical implementation of emerging strategies.

April 21, 2023

Leading and coordinating the work of an integrated project team comprised of multiple technical disciplines, specifically including developers, subject matter experts, database administrators, system administrators, and system architects to implement and maintain enterprise-level information technology applications.

May 18, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Infrastructure Lead in Washington, DC

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

117696

139951

128405

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

121754

146838

133554

What is the average salary for Infrastructure Lead in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Infrastructure Lead in Washington, DC. The base salary for Infrastructure Lead ranges from $117,696 to $139,951 with the average base salary of $128,405. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $121,754 to $146,838 with the average total cash compensation of $133,554.

View Average Salary for Infrastructure Lead as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$128,405	$117,696 - $139,951
Bonus	$5,148	$4,058 - $6,888
Total Pay	$133,554	$121,754 - $146,838

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Infrastructure Lead Salary Near Washington, DC

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Arlington, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $117,696 - $139,951	COMPARE TO Washington, DC 0%
CITY, STATE Alexandria, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $117,696 - $139,951	COMPARE TO Washington, DC 0%
CITY, STATE Annandale, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $117,696 - $139,951	COMPARE TO Washington, DC 0%
CITY, STATE Bowie, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $117,452 - $139,660	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Bethesda, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $117,696 - $139,951	COMPARE TO Washington, DC 0%
CITY, STATE Silver Spring, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $117,696 - $139,951	COMPARE TO Washington, DC 0%

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About Washington, District of Columbia

Washington, D.C. is located in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. East Coast. Due to the District of Columbia retrocession, the city has a total area of 68.34 square miles (177.0 km2), of which 61.05 square miles (158.1 km2) is land and 7.29 square miles (18.9 km2) (10.67%) is water. The District is bordered by Montgomery County, Maryland to the northwest; Prince George's County, Maryland to the east; Arlington County, Virginia to the south; and Alexandria, Virginia to the west. The south bank of the Potomac River forms the District's border with Virginia and has two major tributaries: the An...

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