Expert Cloud Engineer salary in Charlotte, NC

Based on 16 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level IV in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Fort Mill, Concord, Indian Trail, Huntersville, Mooresville.

Median salary$156,844
Middle 50%$148.8k–$170k
vs. all levels here+39%comparison median $112,986
Filings16FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $127,150 and $214,115.
PercentileSalary
10th$134,975
25th$148,822
50th (median)$156,844
75th$170,000
90th$196,350

Salary by year

Median salary

$130k $160k $190k FY2022: median $155,000 (11 filings) FY2023: median $172,232 (10 filings) FY2024: median $149,469 (12 filings) FY2025: median $155,688 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 5 filings FY20 FY2021: 1 filings FY21 FY2022: 11 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 12 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 12
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–––1
FY2022$155,000$142,500$174,26311
FY2023$172,232$142,102$200,00010
FY2024$149,469$137,932$155,68812
FY2025$155,688$144,794$164,00011
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

Charlotte's median expert Cloud Engineer salary of $156,844 is worth about $161,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Charlotte = 97.3).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
CVS Healthtoo few3
Motion Recruitment Partnerstoo few2
The Vanguard Grouptoo 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 $112,424 39
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV $156,844 16

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.