Side-by-side distribution
AWS
$155,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 33.3%
- Live roles
- 2,725
Azure
$142,725
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 20.5%
- Live roles
- 312
Highest-paying jobs
AWS Cloud Engineer (Infrastructure and Application)
Cloud Platform Engineer
Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch Engineering
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference
Software Engineer, Cloud Agents
Software Engineer, Cloud Computer
Senior Principal Presales Systems Engineer, Cloud and AI Networking
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)
Security Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Highest-paying jobs
Senior AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) Engineer
Lead Azure Cloud & DevOps Platform Engineer
Hybrid Multi-Cloud Engineer SME (Azure/Endpoint Management)
Principal Cloud Engineer Azure
Senior Software Engineer - (C#/Microservices/Azure)
Lead Software Engineer - .Net/Azure
Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS / Azure / GCP) - VP
Azure IaaS Engineer
Azure IaaS Engineer
AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$142,400 | 62 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$153,050 | 51 |
|
CACI
|
$168,100 | 30 |
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 27 |
GDIT
|
$148,282 | 23 |
|
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 20 |
Travelers
|
$144,750 | 17 |
Crusoe
|
$158,750 | 16 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
CACI
|
$152,650 | 5 |
Applied Information Sciences
|
$143,000 | 3 |
|
BMO
|
$135,250 | 3 |
SMX
|
$112,500 | 3 |
Accenture
|
$57,950 | 3 |
MetroStar
|
$175,000 | 2 |
| EE Eversource Energy | $160,998 | 2 |
LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC
|
$150,000 | 2 |
AWS salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| London | $206,653 | 5 |
| San Francisco | $206,104 | 58 |
| Seattle | $185,500 | 25 |
| Los Angeles | $174,000 | 23 |
| New York | $170,000 | 65 |
| Chicago | $165,500 | 31 |
| Boston | $162,500 | 32 |
| Austin | $162,050 | 24 |
| Berlin | $160,998 | 4 |
| Atlanta | $159,550 | 17 |
AWS vs Azure: which pays more?
The median for AWS is $155,000 per year (typically $126,850–$185,000), versus $142,725 for Azure ($123,025–$158,515). That puts AWS about 9% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so AWS and Azure are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.