Expert Cloud Engineer salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 100 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level IV in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Westlake, Plano, Irving, Frisco, Mckinney.

Median salary$152,035
Middle 50%$149.8k–$160k
vs. all levels here+35%comparison median $112,923
Filings100FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $128,964 and $211,141.
PercentileSalary
10th$138,965
25th$149,781
50th (median)$152,035
75th$160,000
90th$180,518

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $140k $170k FY2021: median $126,075 (12 filings) FY2022: median $146,471 (57 filings) FY2023: median $135,000 (41 filings) FY2024: median $142,000 (47 filings) FY2025: median $150,000 (59 filings) FY2026: median $156,998 (41 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 12 filings FY21 FY2022: 57 filings FY22 FY2023: 41 filings FY23 FY2024: 47 filings FY24 FY2025: 59 filings FY25 FY2026: 41 filings FY26 59
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–––6
FY2021$126,075$114,850$137,92412
FY2022$146,471$134,992$165,00057
FY2023$135,000$127,317$150,00041
FY2024$142,000$139,464$151,58647
FY2025$150,000$149,781$157,83659
FY2026$156,998$147,285$168,90041

Cost of living

Dallas's median expert Cloud Engineer salary of $152,035 is worth about $147,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Dallas = 103.1).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Fidelity Investments$156,99814
The Vanguard Grouptoo few6
CVS Healthtoo few5
Snowflaketoo few5
Humanatoo few3
Digipulse Technologiestoo few3
Aetnatoo few2
Oracletoo few2
FIS Management Servicestoo few2
General Motors Financial Companytoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $90,896 55
Mid-level · Level II $105,997 294
Senior · Level III $134,971 97
Expert · Level IV $152,035 100

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.