Senior Cloud Engineer salary in Durham, NC

Based on 16 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Morrisville.

Median salary$141,170
Middle 50%$141.2k–$142.4k
vs. all levels here+13%comparison median $124,602
Filings16FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $121,039 and $186,368.
PercentileSalary
10th$139,214
25th$141,170
50th (median)$141,170
75th$142,378
90th$149,111

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $125k $150k FY2022: median $113,339 (12 filings) FY2023: median $132,413 (15 filings) FY2024: median $132,413 (11 filings) FY2025: median $141,170 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 7 filings FY20 FY2021: 5 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 15 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 3 filings FY26 15
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–––7
FY2021–––5
FY2022$113,339$107,379$120,89512
FY2023$132,413$121,222$133,64015
FY2024$132,413$132,413$136,79211
FY2025$141,170$141,170$141,17013
FY2026–––3

Cost of living

Durham's median senior Cloud Engineer salary of $141,170 is worth about $144,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Durham = 97.6).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Fidelity Investmentstoo few9
Mastech Digitaltoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $116,709 32
Senior · Level III $141,170 16
Expert · Level IV too few 6

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.