Side-by-side distribution
Azure
$140,783
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 8%
- Live roles
- 313
Platform Engineer
$195,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 43.4%
- Live roles
- 4,058
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
Platform Engineer
Senior Staff+ Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Staff+ Infrastructure Engineer, Cluster Infrastructure
Software Engineer, Research Infrastructure
Senior Security Platform Engineer I
Security Platform Engineer
Principal .NET Software Engineer- Cloud Payments Platform
Principal .NET Software Engineer - Cloud Payments Platform
SOC Emulation Engineer - Hardware Emulation Infrastructure
Infrastructure 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 |
|---|---|---|
Speechify
|
$170,000 | 102 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 32 |
Nuro
|
$200,450 | 24 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 23 |
Palantir
|
$167,500 | 21 |
Coinbase
|
$219,873 | 20 |
|
Databricks
|
$222,325 | 19 |
Reddit
|
$244,500 | 18 |
Platform Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $230,000 | 405 |
| Seattle | $215,000 | 107 |
| New York | $210,000 | 320 |
| Los Angeles | $202,500 | 31 |
| Austin | $201,000 | 34 |
| Chicago | $195,000 | 18 |
| Boston | $189,500 | 70 |
| Denver | $185,000 | 31 |
| Toronto | $176,413 | 58 |
| Atlanta | $170,000 | 9 |
Azure vs Platform Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Azure is $140,783 per year (typically $105,000–$175,000), versus $195,000 for Platform Engineer ($167,500–$231,500). That puts Platform Engineer about 39% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Azure and Platform 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.