Senior Cloud Engineer salary in Austin, TX

Based on 28 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Leander, Liberty Hill, Georgetown, Round Rock, Cedar Park.

Median salary$140,168
Middle 50%$130.4k–$153.1k
vs. all levels here+3%comparison median $135,610
Filings28FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $106,227 and $199,200.
PercentileSalary
10th$111,972
25th$130,375
50th (median)$140,168
75th$153,103
90th$163,076

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $130k $150k FY2022: median $133,500 (17 filings) FY2023: median $125,100 (16 filings) FY2024: median $134,900 (15 filings) FY2025: median $140,500 (13 filings) FY2026: median $139,360 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 5 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 17 filings FY22 FY2023: 16 filings FY23 FY2024: 15 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 15 filings FY26 17
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––5
FY2021–––8
FY2022$133,500$118,000$140,00017
FY2023$125,100$113,250$153,43016
FY2024$134,900$115,000$146,92915
FY2025$140,500$139,152$147,00013
FY2026$139,360$122,958$155,02615

Cost of living

Austin's median senior Cloud Engineer salary of $140,168 is worth about $142,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Austin = 98.1).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
PayPaltoo few3
Googletoo few2
Sprinklrtoo few2
Stier Solutionstoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $114,754 33
Senior · Level III $140,168 28
Expert · Level IV $165,000 21

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.