Side-by-side distribution
Azure
$140,783
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 8%
- Live roles
- 313
SRE
$177,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 39.5%
- Live roles
- 1,174
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
Software Engineer (Site Reliability)
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability Engineering
Site Reliability Engineer
Software Engineer, Reliability
Site Reliability Engineer, Frontier Systems Infrastructure
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability
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 |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 22 |
SpaceX
|
$137,500 | 21 |
MongoDB
|
$187,500 | 12 |
Okta
|
$230,500 | 11 |
Air Apps
|
$71,586 | 10 |
| SE Sezzle | $87,000 | 8 |
mthree Recruiting Portal
|
$54,750 | 8 |
Vast
|
$213,876 | 7 |
SRE salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $225,250 | 60 |
| Los Angeles | $190,000 | 5 |
| New York | $188,000 | 57 |
| Seattle | $188,000 | 16 |
| Austin | $188,000 | 11 |
| Chicago | $187,500 | 19 |
| Atlanta | $187,000 | 11 |
| Boston | $180,763 | 18 |
| Denver | $180,000 | 7 |
| Toronto | $177,000 | 19 |
Azure vs SRE: which pays more?
The median for Azure is $140,783 per year (typically $105,000–$175,000), versus $177,500 for SRE ($130,000–$209,500). That puts SRE about 26% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Azure 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.