Median salary
$166,341
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$140k – $200k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
34.1%
337 of 988 roles
Live roles
988
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
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Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Security Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 26 |
Crusoe
|
$151,250 | 22 |
TP-Link Systems Inc.
|
$170,000 | 8 |
LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC
|
$140,000 | 8 |
Anduril Industries
|
$207,500 | 6 |
Illumio
|
$198,250 | 6 |
ClickHouse
|
$174,500 | 6 |
Temporal Technologies
|
$249,000 | 5 |
Cloud Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $225,000 | 43 |
| Atlanta | $222,500 | 5 |
| Boston | $205,500 | 6 |
| Seattle | $194,500 | 14 |
| Austin | $191,750 | 12 |
| New York | $175,000 | 33 |
| Los Angeles | $170,000 | 16 |
| Chicago | $170,000 | 5 |
| Toronto | $155,000 | 9 |
| Denver | $142,500 | 5 |
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How much do Cloud Engineer roles pay?
The median salary for Cloud Engineer roles is $166,341 per year. Most pay falls between $139,950 (25th percentile) and $200,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $105,298 to $237,500.
These figures are computed live from 988 active Cloud Engineer roles on JobsRadar, of which 337 (34.1%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Cloud Engineer roles include Tenstorrent, OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.