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CareerAtlas is running on a deterministic simulated demo dataset — compensation, trend, and outcome figures illustrate the product but are not verified real-world data. See Methodology and Data Sources for details.

Cloud Engineer

Builds and manages cloud infrastructure.

Project salaryAdd to compare
Compensation by seniority
Simulated

Median

$176k

Mean

$183k

10th–90th pct

$134k–$243k

Observations

799

Confidence: 35% · based on 799 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated
Common skills
AWS
Core
Terraform
Core
Kubernetes
Common certifications
Certified Kubernetes Administrator · 22% of postingsAWS Certified Solutions Architect · 17% of postings
Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated
Bachelor's Degree
56% require · 29% prefer
Master's Degree
22% require · 31% prefer
No College
23% require · 10% prefer
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Common next roles
Infrastructure Manager+131.1%Platform Engineer-4.5%DevOps Engineer+1.5%Site Reliability Engineer-1.0%Systems Administrator-4.1%
Common previous roles
Platform Engineer-4.7%Systems Administrator-4.3%DevOps Engineer+1.5%Infrastructure Manager+56.7%Site Reliability Engineer-1.0%
Demand snapshot
Active openings (simulated)563
Posting growth+9.5%
Median days to fill66 days
Simulated
Employed (US, simulated)90,787
Projected growth10.9%/yr
Simulated
Role characteristics
Remote-friendliness75%
Automation exposure25%
Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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