Seattle is the cloud infrastructure capital of the world. With 8,500 FY2024 cloud engineer H1B filings and a median wage of $188,000 -- 57% above national -- Seattle's cloud market is dominated by AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Washington's zero income tax makes Seattle the highest real-wage cloud engineer market in the US, edging out SF on after-tax income at most levels.
| Role | Median |
|---|---|
| Cloud Engineer L4 | $162,000 |
| Senior Cloud Eng L5 | $198,000 |
| Staff Cloud Eng L6 | $242,000 |
| Cloud Architect | $225,000 |
| Distinguished Engineer | $295,000 |
Source: DOL LCA disclosures, FY2024.
| Employer | Median Wage |
|---|---|
| Amazon AWS Platform | $205,000 |
| Microsoft Azure Cloud | $215,000 |
| Google Seattle Cloud | $222,000 |
| Confluent | $198,000 |
| HashiCorp / IBM | $205,000 |
| Puppet Labs | $178,000 |