Side-by-side distribution
Azure
$150,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 9%
- Live roles
- 212
Network Engineer
$160,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36.7%
- Live roles
- 679
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
Network Engineer
Network Engineer, Supercomputing
Optical Network Engineer
Network Security Engineer
Network Engineer - ML Infrastructure (High-Speed Interconnects)
Software Engineer - Network (C++)
Senior Network Engineer
Data Center Network Engineer
Principal Network Engineer
Software Engineer, Core Network Engineering
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 |
|---|---|---|
Saalex
|
$112,500 | 13 |
SpaceX
|
$165,000 | 12 |
Fluidstack
|
$226,500 | 10 |
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 10 |
Sigma Defense
|
$127,500 | 8 |
Crusoe
|
$237,500 | 7 |
Metropolis
|
$220,000 | 5 |
Rocket Lab Corporation
|
$160,000 | 5 |
Network Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $221,500 | 40 |
| Austin | $218,000 | 11 |
| Seattle | $210,000 | 22 |
| New York | $205,000 | 37 |
| Denver | $192,500 | 3 |
| Chicago | $175,000 | 5 |
| Boston | $170,000 | 7 |
| Los Angeles | $150,000 | 11 |
| Toronto | $140,000 | 3 |
| Dublin | $114,181 | 3 |
Azure vs Network Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Azure is $150,000 per year (typically $127,625–$177,663), versus $160,000 for Network Engineer ($125,000–$200,000). That puts Network Engineer about 7% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Azure and Network 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.