Side-by-side distribution
Cloud Architect
$174,844
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 28.9%
- Live roles
- 225
DevOps
$195,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 38.4%
- Live roles
- 3,529
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Technical Architect, Product Management (AWS/Azure)
Cloud DevOps Architect
Salesforce Solution Architect, Service Cloud Voice
AWS Solution Architect
AWS Technical Architect
Salesforce Solution Architect, Sales Cloud
Salesforce Solution Architect, Revenue Cloud
Cloud Architect/Technical Lead
Cloud Native Architect, Portworx - NY/NJ
Senior AWS Cloud Architect - Managed Services
Highest-paying jobs
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data Platform
Platform Engineer
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Senior Security Platform Engineer I
Software Engineer, Platform
Senior QA Engineer, Platform
Software Engineer, Platform
Lead Software Engineer, Payment Platform
Software Engineer, Platform Systems
Fullstack Software Engineer, Agent Platform
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CHAOS Industries
|
$200,000 | 7 |
| NP NeuraFlash, Part of Accenture | $180,350 | 5 |
| CA Caylent | $208,000 | 4 |
Provectus
|
$165,000 | 4 |
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$144,950 | 4 |
Cloudscaler
|
$174,844 | 3 |
3Cloud
|
$158,350 | 3 |
Databricks
|
$213,750 | 2 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 30 |
Elastic
|
$92,349 | 24 |
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 22 |
Air Apps
|
$64,596 | 22 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 20 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 18 |
Coinbase
|
$202,483 | 18 |
Nuro
|
$200,450 | 14 |
Cloud Architect salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | $200,000 | 8 |
| London | $174,844 | 3 |
| New York | $165,000 | 10 |
| San Francisco | $165,000 | 3 |
| Boston | $165,000 | 3 |
| Chicago | $150,432 | 3 |
DevOps salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $229,500 | 247 |
| New York | $215,000 | 226 |
| Seattle | $211,500 | 69 |
| Los Angeles | $203,321 | 26 |
| Boston | $202,500 | 41 |
| Chicago | $195,000 | 32 |
| Austin | $189,500 | 24 |
| Denver | $183,500 | 27 |
| Atlanta | $161,725 | 10 |
| Toronto | $161,469 | 48 |
Cloud Architect vs DevOps: which pays more?
The median for Cloud Architect is $174,844 per year (typically $165,000–$200,000), versus $195,000 for DevOps ($155,000–$225,000). That puts DevOps about 12% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Cloud Architect and DevOps 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.