Median salary
$185,000
median over time
Typical range
$144.6k – $222k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
17.6%
4,579 of 26,022 roles
Live roles
26,022
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
iOS Engineer
Security Engineer
Research Engineer, Environment Scaling
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Research Engineer, Discovery
Performance Engineer, Inference Systems
Staff+ Infrastructure Engineer, Cluster Infrastructure
Senior Staff+ Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 155 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$153,300 | 127 |
Snowflake
|
$241,600 | 111 |
Air Apps
|
$71,586 | 108 |
Esri
|
$126,464 | 106 |
Databricks
|
$195,500 | 88 |
| AX Axon | $178,800 | 79 |
Samsara
|
$153,238 | 76 |
Cloud Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $220,000 | 900 |
| Seattle | $208,350 | 250 |
| New York | $206,325 | 678 |
| Austin | $188,000 | 84 |
| Boston | $187,750 | 190 |
| Los Angeles | $178,450 | 68 |
| Chicago | $176,900 | 87 |
| Sydney | $175,000 | 9 |
| Atlanta | $165,000 | 45 |
| Singapore | $154,979 | 10 |
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How much do Cloud Engineer roles pay?
The median salary for Cloud Engineer roles is $185,000 per year. Most pay falls between $144,600 (25th percentile) and $222,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $106,210 to $260,080.
These figures are computed live from 26,022 active Cloud Engineer roles on JobsRadar, of which 4,579 (17.6%) 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 Rain and Anthropic.
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.