Expert Cloud Engineer salary in Seattle, WA

Based on 19 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level IV in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Issaquah, Lynnwood.

Median salary$190,486
Middle 50%$170k–$212.2k
vs. all levels here+26%comparison median $151,076
Filings19FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $129,256 and $323,403.
PercentileSalary
10th$142,150
25th$170,000
50th (median)$190,486
75th$212,202
90th$307,800

Salary by year

Median salary

$140k $180k $220k FY2021: median $160,551 (12 filings) FY2022: median $194,015 (21 filings) FY2023: median $201,380 (29 filings) FY2025: median $188,382 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 12 filings FY21 FY2022: 21 filings FY22 FY2023: 29 filings FY23 FY2024: 8 filings FY24 FY2025: 12 filings FY25 FY2026: 7 filings FY26 29
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$160,551$155,177$180,03712
FY2022$194,015$181,260$208,12321
FY2023$201,380$185,000$215,95729
FY2024–––8
FY2025$188,382$173,331$195,36512
FY2026–––7

Cost of living

Seattle's median expert Cloud Engineer salary of $190,486 is worth about $171,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Seattle = 111.1).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
ByteDancetoo few3
Googletoo few2
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Centertoo few2
ServiceNowtoo few2
Snowflaketoo few2
Teradata Operationstoo 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 $149,240 30
Senior · Level III $177,855 14
Expert · Level IV $190,486 19

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.