Entry-level Cloud Engineer salary in New York, NY

Based on 25 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I 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$95,493
Middle 50%$82k–$100k
vs. all levels here−27%comparison median $130,161
Filings25FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $70,960 and $115,874.
PercentileSalary
10th$76,732
25th$82,000
50th (median)$95,493
75th$100,000
90th$111,200

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $90k $110k FY2022: median $84,500 (12 filings) FY2023: median $85,197 (18 filings) FY2024: median $95,493 (13 filings) FY2025: median $95,493 (17 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 18 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 17 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 18
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–––8
FY2021–––8
FY2022$84,500$80,000$103,50012
FY2023$85,197$85,197$85,19918
FY2024$95,493$85,000$101,60813
FY2025$95,493$80,995$98,50017
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

New York's median entry-level Cloud Engineer salary of $95,493 is worth about $84,800 at national average prices.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
ClientServer Technology Solutionstoo few2
Kiran Gemstoo few2
Radwaretoo 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.