Side-by-side distribution
Azure
$140,783
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 8%
- Live roles
- 313
Network Engineer
$159,200
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 35.1%
- Live roles
- 686
Highest-paying jobs
Security Engineer - Azure Government
Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer (.NET & Azure)
Azure Data Engineer in St. Louis, MO
Cloud Partner Solutions Engineer (Microsoft Azure)
Staff Partner Engineer, Azure
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Azure &.NET)
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Azure)
Senior Azure Cloud Engineer
Azure Cloud Engineer
Azure Cloud/DevOps Engineer
Highest-paying jobs
Network Engineer
Network Engineer, Supercomputing
Optical Network Engineer
Software Engineer - Network (C++)
Network Engineer - ML Infrastructure (High-Speed Interconnects)
Network Engineer, Capacity and Efficiency
Staff Fiber Network Engineer
Senior Network Engineer
Data Center Network Engineer
Principal Network Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC
|
$150,000 | 4 |
|
Ripple
|
$200,250 | 2 |
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$143,650 | 2 |
Mesh Systems
|
$93,600 | 2 |
|
Snowflake
|
$190,781 | 1 |
|
xAI
|
$179,000 | 1 |
|
Databricks
|
$178,325 | 1 |
|
Vaxcyte
|
$177,000 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Saalex
|
$115,000 | 11 |
SpaceX
|
$137,500 | 10 |
Crusoe
|
$226,250 | 8 |
Sigma Defense
|
$127,500 | 8 |
Fluidstack
|
$240,196 | 6 |
Anduril Industries
|
$179,500 | 6 |
Rocket Lab Corporation
|
$165,000 | 6 |
Metropolis
|
$220,000 | 5 |
Network Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $227,750 | 34 |
| Austin | $200,000 | 3 |
| Denver | $192,500 | 3 |
| Seattle | $189,900 | 10 |
| London | $183,946 | 6 |
| New York | $175,000 | 29 |
| Chicago | $175,000 | 7 |
| Los Angeles | $150,000 | 11 |
| Boston | $148,750 | 6 |
| Toronto | $140,000 | 3 |
Azure vs Network Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Azure is $140,783 per year (typically $105,000–$175,000), versus $159,200 for Network Engineer ($126,798–$198,786). That puts Network Engineer about 13% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Azure and Network Engineer 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.