Senior Cloud Engineer salary in New York, NY

Based on 38 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III 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$152,500
Middle 50%$141.6k–$170k
vs. all levels here+17%comparison median $130,161
Filings38FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $103,894 and $186,793.
PercentileSalary
10th$121,761
25th$141,596
50th (median)$152,500
75th$170,000
90th$178,051

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $135k $170k FY2020: median $122,221 (11 filings) FY2021: median $134,500 (10 filings) FY2022: median $124,307 (32 filings) FY2023: median $148,500 (15 filings) FY2024: median $160,165 (20 filings) FY2025: median $151,819 (18 filings) FY2026: median $160,805 (20 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 32 filings FY22 FY2023: 15 filings FY23 FY2024: 20 filings FY24 FY2025: 18 filings FY25 FY2026: 20 filings FY26 32
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$122,221$117,021$126,51611
FY2021$134,500$130,000$140,00010
FY2022$124,307$113,750$145,00032
FY2023$148,500$133,390$152,50015
FY2024$160,165$148,141$167,75020
FY2025$151,819$142,380$167,50018
FY2026$160,805$141,150$171,25020

Cost of living

New York's median senior Cloud Engineer salary of $152,500 is worth about $135,500 at national average prices.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Googletoo few2
Dotdash Meredithtoo few2
Pskwtoo few2
Sanofi US Servicestoo 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.