Expert Cloud Engineer salary in New York, NY

Based on 20 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level IV 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$182,500
Middle 50%$165.6k–$222.4k
vs. all levels here+40%comparison median $130,161
Filings20FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $140,731 and $300,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$156,155
25th$165,620
50th (median)$182,500
75th$222,413
90th$300,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$130k $160k $190k FY2020: median $152,645 (10 filings) FY2022: median $158,739 (16 filings) FY2023: median $170,000 (17 filings) FY2024: median $169,615 (20 filings) FY2025: median $180,000 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 10 filings FY20 FY2021: 7 filings FY21 FY2022: 16 filings FY22 FY2023: 17 filings FY23 FY2024: 20 filings FY24 FY2025: 12 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 20
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$152,645$140,494$186,35010
FY2021–––7
FY2022$158,739$150,000$165,50016
FY2023$170,000$157,477$200,10017
FY2024$169,615$150,000$187,90420
FY2025$180,000$174,112$215,66312
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

New York's median expert Cloud Engineer salary of $182,500 is worth about $162,100 at national average prices.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
IPC Systemstoo few2
JetBlue Airwaystoo few2
Point72, L.P.too 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.