Side-by-side distribution
Azure
$142,011
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 20.3%
- Live roles
- 315
Cloud Engineer
$154,625
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 33.6%
- Live roles
- 2,368
Highest-paying jobs
Senior AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) Engineer
Lead Azure Cloud & DevOps Platform Engineer
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
AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) Engineer
Azure IaaS Engineer
Staff Partner Engineer, Azure
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)
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
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 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$142,400 | 59 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$152,425 | 48 |
|
CACI
|
$168,100 | 30 |
GDIT
|
$148,000 | 21 |
Crusoe
|
$158,750 | 16 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 16 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$126,900 | 13 |
|
BMO
|
$141,450 | 10 |
Cloud Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| London | $231,904 | 4 |
| San Francisco | $212,000 | 49 |
| Seattle | $202,000 | 21 |
| Los Angeles | $175,000 | 21 |
| New York | $170,000 | 55 |
| Chicago | $167,500 | 22 |
| Boston | $166,250 | 26 |
| Austin | $162,050 | 20 |
| Berlin | $161,920 | 3 |
| Denver | $160,000 | 15 |
Azure vs Cloud Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Azure is $142,011 per year (typically $123,025–$156,693), versus $154,625 for Cloud Engineer ($126,750–$184,963). That puts Cloud Engineer about 9% 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.