Side-by-side distribution
Azure
$150,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 9%
- Live roles
- 212
Cloud Engineer
$166,696
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 35.1%
- Live roles
- 1,014
Highest-paying jobs
Security Engineer - Azure Government
Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer (.NET & Azure)
Azure Data Engineer in St. Louis, MO
Cloud Partner Solutions Engineer (Microsoft Azure)
Staff Partner Engineer, Azure
Sr. Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Azure &.NET)
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Azure)
Senior Azure Cloud Engineer
Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Cleared
Highest-paying jobs
Principal .NET Software Engineer - Cloud Payments Platform
Principal .NET Software Engineer- Cloud Payments Platform
Cloud Engineer
Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch Engineering
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Security Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC
|
$150,000 | 4 |
|
Ripple
|
$200,250 | 2 |
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$143,650 | 2 |
Appvia
|
$125,669 | 2 |
|
Snowflake
|
$190,781 | 1 |
|
TOMORROW HIRE
|
$180,960 | 1 |
|
xAI
|
$179,000 | 1 |
|
Databricks
|
$178,325 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 26 |
Crusoe
|
$142,500 | 21 |
TP-Link Systems Inc.
|
$170,000 | 8 |
|
LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC
|
$140,000 | 8 |
ClickHouse
|
$174,500 | 6 |
SMX
|
$110,950 | 6 |
Temporal Technologies
|
$249,000 | 5 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 5 |
Cloud Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $225,000 | 43 |
| Atlanta | $222,500 | 5 |
| Seattle | $210,725 | 12 |
| New York | $203,500 | 35 |
| Chicago | $196,250 | 4 |
| Austin | $192,400 | 10 |
| Boston | $175,000 | 9 |
| Los Angeles | $170,000 | 17 |
| Denver | $156,250 | 6 |
| Toronto | $155,000 | 7 |
Azure vs Cloud Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Azure is $150,000 per year (typically $127,625–$177,663), versus $166,696 for Cloud Engineer ($135,500–$201,300). That puts Cloud Engineer about 11% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Azure and Cloud Engineer 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.