Side-by-side distribution
Azure
$150,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 9%
- Live roles
- 212
SRE
$175,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 39.2%
- Live roles
- 1,195
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
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Azure)
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Azure &.NET)
Senior Azure Cloud Engineer
Azure Cloud Engineer
Azure Cloud/DevOps Engineer
Highest-paying jobs
Software Engineer (Site Reliability)
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability Engineering
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer, Frontier Systems Infrastructure
Software Engineer, Reliability
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC
|
$150,000 | 4 |
|
Ripple
|
$200,250 | 2 |
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$143,650 | 2 |
|
Snowflake
|
$190,781 | 1 |
|
xAI
|
$179,000 | 1 |
|
Databricks
|
$178,325 | 1 |
|
Vaxcyte
|
$177,000 | 1 |
|
MLabs
|
$175,000 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
SpaceX
|
$148,750 | 22 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 21 |
Okta
|
$230,500 | 13 |
MongoDB
|
$187,500 | 12 |
Air Apps
|
$71,586 | 10 |
mthree Recruiting Portal
|
$56,000 | 9 |
Vast
|
$198,996 | 8 |
Advanced Technology Services
|
$115,127 | 8 |
SRE salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $225,000 | 65 |
| Dublin | $213,500 | 3 |
| Seattle | $210,000 | 14 |
| New York | $188,000 | 63 |
| Austin | $188,000 | 16 |
| Boston | $187,000 | 15 |
| Chicago | $180,000 | 19 |
| Denver | $180,000 | 8 |
| Atlanta | $178,500 | 10 |
| Los Angeles | $165,000 | 7 |
Azure vs SRE: which pays more?
The median for Azure is $150,000 per year (typically $127,625–$177,663), versus $175,000 for SRE ($134,225–$208,625). That puts SRE about 17% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Azure and SRE 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.