Side-by-side distribution
Azure
$150,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 9%
- Live roles
- 212
System Administrator
$114,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36.3%
- Live roles
- 408
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
Experienced/Lateral - Linux Systems Administrator
Systems Administrator 1 - Linux
Systems Administrator 0-3 - Linux/Ansible/SSP/AWS
Systems Administrator 1 - Linux/IP/Docker/AWS/Crypto/STE/STN/SSP
Systems Administrator 0-3 - Linux/KVM/Ansible/Slat/SSP/STE/STN/Scripting/AWS
Windows Systems Administrator - McLean, VA - TS/SCI
System Administrator (SF)
GTM Systems Administrator
Senior System Administrator II (Storage Engineer)
System Administrator
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 |
|---|---|---|
Saalex
|
$105,000 | 13 |
Air Apps
|
$62,856 | 10 |
Anduril Industries
|
$138,500 | 8 |
| GR GRVTY | $144,000 | 7 |
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$156,525 | 6 |
SMX
|
$104,250 | 5 |
|
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 4 |
SpaceX
|
$107,500 | 3 |
System Administrator salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $161,500 | 6 |
| San Francisco | $148,500 | 8 |
| Los Angeles | $96,250 | 4 |
| Dublin | $67,677 | 4 |
Azure vs System Administrator: which pays more?
The median for Azure is $150,000 per year (typically $127,625–$177,663), versus $114,000 for System Administrator ($90,000–$144,500). That puts Azure about 32% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Azure and System Administrator 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.