💰 2026 Salary Aggregation Report

Cloud Engineer Salary in US

The average salary for a Cloud Engineer in US is $115,000 / yr. Based on active job data and cloud hiring demand.

Entry Level

$90,000

Average (Mid-Level)

$115,000

Senior / Expert

$140,000+

Live Market Demand in US

We are currently tracking 194+ open roles for Cloud Engineers hiring right now. The market is incredibly active.

Recently Posted Roles

• Cloud Operations Intern-DevOps at Alarmcom

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• Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Astranis

• Staff Software Engineer, Cloud FinOps at Attentive

• Cloud Service Provider Accounting Manager at Anthropic

• Engineering Manager, Cloud Inference AWS at Anthropic

• Product Manager, Multi-Cloud Growth - Google at Anthropic

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