Side-by-side distribution
Cloud Architect
$175,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 29.9%
- Live roles
- 559
DevOps
$175,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36.2%
- Live roles
- 5,970
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Technical Architect, Product Management (AWS/Azure)
Cloud Architect
Senior Solutions Architect, Contact Center, AWS Connect
Technical Cloud Architect (Virtualization & Cloud Infrastructure)
Salesforce Data Cloud & AI Architect Senior Manager
Principal, Cloud Platform Architect
Staff Cloud and AI Solutions Architect
Principal Cloud Architect
AI Value Architect - Private Cloud AI
Senior Cloud Security Architect
Highest-paying jobs
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data Platform
Platform Engineer
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Fullstack Software Engineer, Agent Platform
Product Engineer, Studio Platform
Software Engineer, Platform Systems
Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Platform
Software Engineer, Systems & Platform Applied AI
Web Platform Lead Engineer
Data Platform Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$142,400 | 26 |
|
Accenture
|
$180,350 | 10 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$157,750 | 8 |
| NP NeuraFlash, Part of Accenture | $180,350 | 5 |
Provectus
|
$250,000 | 4 |
GDIT
|
$171,033 | 4 |
McKesson
|
$142,450 | 4 |
| CA Caylent | $208,000 | 3 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,800 | 81 |
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 43 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 31 |
CACI
|
$160,325 | 30 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 28 |
Elastic
|
$113,946 | 25 |
Coinbase
|
$202,483 | 22 |
Air Apps
|
$62,614 | 22 |
Cloud Architect salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $187,525 | 16 |
| San Francisco | $180,350 | 10 |
| Los Angeles | $180,350 | 8 |
| Seattle | $180,350 | 10 |
| Austin | $180,350 | 9 |
| Chicago | $180,350 | 14 |
| Boston | $180,350 | 10 |
| Denver | $180,350 | 7 |
| Atlanta | $180,350 | 12 |
| London | $174,844 | 3 |
DevOps salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $228,100 | 300 |
| New York | $210,000 | 279 |
| Seattle | $206,250 | 124 |
| Boston | $185,000 | 62 |
| Los Angeles | $183,500 | 33 |
| Denver | $175,250 | 48 |
| Austin | $163,275 | 62 |
| Chicago | $160,000 | 82 |
| Atlanta | $153,300 | 34 |
| London | $150,839 | 31 |
Cloud Architect vs DevOps: which pays more?
The median for Cloud Architect is $175,000 per year (typically $147,200–$194,850), versus $175,000 for DevOps ($140,000–$215,000).
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.