Side-by-side distribution
GCP
$154,950
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 33.8%
- Live roles
- 2,368
SRE
$156,750
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 37%
- Live roles
- 2,080
Highest-paying jobs
AWS Cloud Engineer (Infrastructure and Application)
Cloud Platform Engineer
Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch Engineering
Software Engineer, Cloud Computer
Software Engineer, Cloud Agents
Senior Principal Presales Systems Engineer, Cloud and AI Networking
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)
Security Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Highest-paying jobs
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability Engineering
Staff Security Reliability Engineer
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability
Staff+ Site Reliability Engineer, Safeguards ML Infra
Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - TS/SCI (Full Scope Poly)
Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - TS/SCI (CI Poly)
Data Center Engineer, Reliability & Infrastructure Management – Compute Supply
Member of Technical Staff, Production Site Reliability Engineer
Software Engineer, Site Reliability (SRE)
Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineering: Dedicated
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$142,400 | 59 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$152,425 | 48 |
CACI
|
$168,100 | 30 |
GDIT
|
$148,000 | 21 |
Crusoe
|
$158,750 | 16 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 16 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$126,900 | 13 |
BMO
|
$141,450 | 10 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
SpaceX
|
$143,750 | 46 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 19 |
| SE Sezzle | $87,000 | 15 |
Okta
|
$206,500 | 14 |
Vast
|
$171,250 | 12 |
|
Northrop Grumman
|
$121,700 | 12 |
Air Apps
|
$68,929 | 11 |
Cisco
|
$206,450 | 9 |
GCP salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| London | $231,904 | 4 |
| San Francisco | $212,000 | 49 |
| Seattle | $202,000 | 21 |
| Los Angeles | $175,000 | 21 |
| New York | $170,000 | 55 |
| Chicago | $167,500 | 22 |
| Boston | $166,250 | 26 |
| Austin | $162,050 | 20 |
| Berlin | $161,920 | 3 |
| Denver | $160,000 | 15 |
SRE salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $211,878 | 86 |
| New York | $194,250 | 72 |
| Los Angeles | $189,081 | 22 |
| Seattle | $188,162 | 21 |
| Austin | $187,000 | 21 |
| Dublin | $182,130 | 5 |
| Chicago | $180,000 | 35 |
| Denver | $168,850 | 12 |
| Boston | $157,750 | 20 |
| Atlanta | $151,000 | 7 |
GCP vs SRE: which pays more?
The median for GCP is $154,950 per year (typically $126,800–$185,000), versus $156,750 for SRE ($121,000–$195,857). That puts SRE about 1% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so GCP and SRE 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.