The median H1B cloud engineer salary is $112,923 a year, based on 4,514 certified Labor Condition Applications from FY2021 to FY2026. Half of the filings list between $94,942 and $140,049.
Median
$112,923
Average
$119,872
75th percentile
$140,049
| Median (50th percentile) | $112,923 |
| Average | $119,872 |
| 25th percentile | $94,942 |
| 75th percentile | $140,049 |
| Lowest filed wage | $47,403 |
| Highest filed wage | $350,000 |
| Certified LCA filings | 4,514 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC H-1B LCA disclosure data, FY2021 to FY2026. Certified cases with an annual wage between $30,000 and $1,000,000 whose job title or occupation title contains: cloud engineer, aws engineer, gcp engineer, azure engineer, cloud infrastructure engineer.
Share of the 4,340 Cloud Engineer filings that state a DOL wage level, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent).
See the Cloud Engineer wage level breakdown, how wage levels affect H-1B selection, or check a salary with the wage level calculator.
Average filed wage, among states with at least 10 certified filings.
| State | Filings | Average wage |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Engineer salary in California | 363 | $156,042 |
| Cloud Engineer salary in Massachusetts | 154 | $137,302 |
| Cloud Engineer salary in Washington | 117 | $132,827 |
| Cloud Engineer salary in New York | 139 | $130,093 |
| Cloud Engineer salary in Maryland | 72 | $128,217 |
| Cloud Engineer salary in Rhode Island | 26 | $126,881 |
| Cloud Engineer salary in Oregon | 10 | $125,220 |
| Cloud Engineer salary in North Carolina | 396 | $122,632 |
| Cloud Engineer salary in Minnesota | 68 | $122,461 |
| Cloud Engineer salary in New Hampshire | 35 | $122,396 |
By number of certified filings (employers with at least 5).
| Employer | Filings | Average wage |
|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Technology Group, LLC | 180 | $117,361 |
| Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments | 137 | $132,169 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 79 | $145,849 |
| Caremark LLC | 66 | $150,314 |
| Veridic Solutions LLC | 49 | $88,810 |
| SRI INFOTECH, INC. | 39 | $101,445 |
| VIRTUSA CORPORATION | 34 | $94,342 |
| CNET GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC | 30 | $92,042 |
| Aetna Resources LLC | 27 | $134,816 |
| The Vanguard Group, Inc. | 27 | $145,228 |
| The Options Clearing Corporation | 23 | $146,248 |
| ERP Analysts, Inc. | 22 | $104,834 |
| Fiscal year | Filings | Average wage |
|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 9 | $114,674 |
| FY2022 | 962 | $111,924 |
| FY2023 | 1,031 | $115,431 |
| FY2024 | 1,240 | $121,258 |
| FY2025 | 1,013 | $127,131 |
| FY2026 | 259 | $132,222 |
The median wage on 4,514 certified H1B Labor Condition Applications for cloud engineer roles is $112,923 a year (FY2021 to FY2026). Half of the filings list between $94,942 and $140,049; the average is $119,872.
Among states with at least 10 certified filings, the highest average wage is in California ($156,042), Massachusetts ($137,302) and Washington ($132,827).
By number of certified filings: Fidelity Technology Group, LLC (180, average $117,361), Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments (137, average $132,169) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (79, average $145,849).
Level II: 51% of the 4,340 filings that state a wage level. The Department of Labor has four levels, I (entry) to IV (fully competent), each tied to a local prevailing wage.
A Labor Condition Application is what an employer files with the Department of Labor before an H-1B petition, stating the job, work location and the wage it will pay. Certified LCAs are public, which is where these figures come from. An LCA is not an approved H-1B petition, and one employer may file several for the same opening.