Cloud Engineer salary in New York, NY

Based on 172 certified H-1B filings in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Jersey City, Whippany, Edison, Berkeley Heights, Long Island City.

Median salary$130,161
Middle 50%$104.8k–$153k
vs. national median+2%comparison median $127,720
Filings172FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $74,710 and $300,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$94,661
25th$104,750
50th (median)$130,161
75th$153,012
90th$179,705

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $110k $140k FY2020: median $97,307 (70 filings) FY2021: median $101,000 (61 filings) FY2022: median $107,619 (115 filings) FY2023: median $109,292 (114 filings) FY2024: median $120,500 (101 filings) FY2025: median $126,818 (97 filings) FY2026: median $132,000 (75 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 70 filings FY20 FY2021: 61 filings FY21 FY2022: 115 filings FY22 FY2023: 114 filings FY23 FY2024: 101 filings FY24 FY2025: 97 filings FY25 FY2026: 75 filings FY26 115
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$97,307$90,000$122,82970
FY2021$101,000$88,000$130,00061
FY2022$107,619$101,754$141,500115
FY2023$109,292$91,307$143,438114
FY2024$120,500$101,608$160,000101
FY2025$126,818$98,500$152,00097
FY2026$132,000$108,241$157,33175

Cost of living

New York's median Cloud Engineer salary of $130,161 is worth about $115,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Googletoo few7
Radwaretoo few5
Oracletoo few4
Point72, L.P.too few4
Pskwtoo few4
Barclaystoo few3
JetBlue Airwaystoo few3
New York Life Insurance Companytoo few3
Sanofi US Servicestoo few3
Fidelity Investmentstoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $95,493 25
Mid-level · Level II $123,656 74
Senior · Level III $152,500 38
Expert · Level IV $182,500 20

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.