Side-by-side distribution
Azure
$142,011
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 20.3%
- Live roles
- 315
SRE
$155,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36.9%
- Live roles
- 2,081
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
AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) Engineer
Azure IaaS Engineer
Azure IaaS Engineer
Staff Partner Engineer, Azure
Highest-paying jobs
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability Engineering
Staff Security Reliability Engineer
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability
Staff+ Site Reliability Engineer, Safeguards ML Infra
Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - TS/SCI (Full Scope Poly)
Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - TS/SCI (CI Poly)
Data Center Engineer, Reliability & Infrastructure Management – Compute Supply
Member of Technical Staff, Production Site Reliability Engineer
Software Engineer, Site Reliability (SRE)
Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineering: Dedicated
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 |
|---|---|---|
SpaceX
|
$145,000 | 45 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 19 |
| SE Sezzle | $87,000 | 15 |
Okta
|
$206,500 | 14 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$121,700 | 12 |
Air Apps
|
$68,929 | 11 |
Vast
|
$166,000 | 10 |
Cisco
|
$206,450 | 9 |
SRE salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $211,878 | 86 |
| New York | $190,000 | 71 |
| Los Angeles | $189,081 | 22 |
| Seattle | $188,081 | 22 |
| Austin | $187,000 | 21 |
| Chicago | $180,000 | 37 |
| Denver | $168,850 | 12 |
| Boston | $165,500 | 21 |
| Atlanta | $151,000 | 7 |
| Dublin | $133,309 | 7 |
Azure vs SRE: which pays more?
The median for Azure is $142,011 per year (typically $123,025–$156,693), versus $155,000 for SRE ($120,375–$195,829). That puts SRE about 9% 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.