Cloud Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Cloud Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 129,750

✏️ This salary info is based on 58 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Cloud Engineer salary lies between USD 100,714 and USD 169,200 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Cloud Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
58
Top 10%
$ 204,100
Top 25%
$ 169,200
Median
$ 129,750
Bottom 25%
$ 100,714
Bottom 10%
$ 74,600

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Cloud Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cloud Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering and Security. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Python | 128 jobs Engineering | 116 jobs Security | 114 jobs AWS | 112 jobs Machine Learning | 104 jobs Terraform | 97 jobs Azure | 93 jobs CI/CD | 93 jobs Architecture | 91 jobs Kubernetes | 89 jobs DevOps | 88 jobs Pipelines | 85 jobs GCP | 80 jobs Computer Science | 79 jobs Docker | 73 jobs Agile | 51 jobs Java | 46 jobs CloudFormation | 45 jobs Ansible | 42 jobs Google Cloud | 39 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Cloud Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Cloud Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 116 jobs Health care | 48 jobs Flex hours | 44 jobs Competitive pay | 36 jobs Equity / stock options | 30 jobs Startup environment | 28 jobs Team events | 28 jobs Insurance | 28 jobs Flex vacation | 27 jobs Salary bonus | 26 jobs Wellness | 24 jobs Fitness / gym | 21 jobs Conferences | 16 jobs Medical leave | 15 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Parental leave | 13 jobs Gear | 11 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Home office stipend | 6 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs

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Cloud Engineer @ $ 152,350 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Cloud Engineer @ $ 127,800 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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