Side-by-side distribution
Cloud Engineer
$166,696
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 35.1%
- Live roles
- 1,014
DevOps
$190,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36.3%
- Live roles
- 3,666
Highest-paying jobs
Principal .NET Software Engineer- Cloud Payments Platform
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Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch Engineering
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)
Security Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Highest-paying jobs
Platform Engineer
Senior Staff+ Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Senior Security Platform Engineer I
Principal .NET Software Engineer - Cloud Payments Platform
Principal .NET Software Engineer- Cloud Payments Platform
Software Engineer, Platform
Infrastructure and Platform Development Engineer
Agent Platform Engineer
Infrastructure and Platform Engineer, Metal
Principal Engineer, AI Platform
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 25 |
Crusoe
|
$142,500 | 21 |
TP-Link Systems Inc.
|
$170,000 | 8 |
LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC
|
$140,000 | 8 |
ClickHouse
|
$174,500 | 6 |
SMX
|
$110,950 | 6 |
Temporal Technologies
|
$249,000 | 5 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 5 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 28 |
Air Apps
|
$65,184 | 22 |
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 21 |
Reddit
|
$244,500 | 18 |
|
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 15 |
Coinbase
|
$202,483 | 15 |
Airwallex
|
$162,878 | 13 |
Roblox
|
$265,138 | 12 |
Cloud Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $225,000 | 43 |
| Atlanta | $222,500 | 5 |
| Seattle | $210,725 | 12 |
| New York | $203,500 | 35 |
| Chicago | $196,250 | 4 |
| Austin | $192,400 | 10 |
| Boston | $175,000 | 9 |
| Los Angeles | $170,000 | 17 |
| Denver | $156,250 | 6 |
| Toronto | $155,000 | 7 |
DevOps salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $225,500 | 248 |
| Seattle | $212,500 | 62 |
| New York | $210,000 | 208 |
| Los Angeles | $200,650 | 18 |
| Chicago | $195,000 | 31 |
| Austin | $194,500 | 29 |
| Denver | $185,000 | 27 |
| Boston | $182,500 | 59 |
| Toronto | $165,000 | 50 |
| Atlanta | $161,500 | 10 |
Cloud Engineer vs DevOps: which pays more?
The median for Cloud Engineer is $166,696 per year (typically $135,500–$201,300), versus $190,000 for DevOps ($151,040–$225,000). That puts DevOps about 14% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Cloud Engineer 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.