Side-by-side distribution
Cloud Engineer
$166,800
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36%
- Live roles
- 923
DevOps
$195,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 38.3%
- Live roles
- 3,536
Highest-paying jobs
Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch Engineering
Software Engineer, Cloud Agents
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Security Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Staff Software Engineer, Replit Cloud
Principal Software Engineer - Performance Engineering (Cloud Infrastructure)
Highest-paying jobs
Platform Engineer
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data Platform
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Senior Security Platform Engineer I
Software Engineer, Platform
Software Engineer, Platform
Lead Software Engineer, Payment Platform
Senior QA Engineer, Platform
Software Engineer, Platform Systems
Web Platform Lead Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 29 |
Crusoe
|
$166,500 | 12 |
TP-Link Systems Inc.
|
$170,000 | 8 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 7 |
Illumio
|
$183,000 | 7 |
Oscar Health
|
$208,708 | 5 |
MetroStar
|
$197,000 | 5 |
SMX
|
$112,500 | 5 |
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 Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | $231,750 | 4 |
| Toronto | $213,000 | 5 |
| San Francisco | $212,000 | 45 |
| Boston | $195,000 | 11 |
| Austin | $187,500 | 7 |
| Denver | $178,000 | 8 |
| New York | $177,500 | 39 |
| Seattle | $176,900 | 9 |
| Chicago | $175,500 | 6 |
| Los Angeles | $174,000 | 15 |
DevOps salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $226,250 | 253 |
| New York | $215,000 | 226 |
| Seattle | $210,750 | 68 |
| Los Angeles | $205,650 | 30 |
| Boston | $202,500 | 41 |
| Chicago | $195,000 | 32 |
| Denver | $183,500 | 27 |
| Austin | $182,250 | 24 |
| Atlanta | $161,725 | 10 |
| Toronto | $160,600 | 49 |
Cloud Engineer vs DevOps: which pays more?
The median for Cloud Engineer is $166,800 per year (typically $137,538–$200,000), versus $195,000 for DevOps ($155,000–$225,000). That puts DevOps about 17% 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.