Cloud & Infrastructure Salaries.
41 roles. 81 cities.
National salary data. Last updated April 2026.
Highest Paying
$250,000
AI Infrastructure Director
Industry Median
$158,000
AI Capacity Planner
Entry Level
$55,000
IT Support Specialist
Salary data sourced from Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, H-1B Labor Condition Applications (DOL), state pay-transparency job postings, and community submissions. Ranges reflect 25th to 75th percentile for full-time positions. Last updated June 2026.
The cloud & infrastructure industry includes 41 tracked roles with national median salaries ranging from $55,000 to $250,000. The highest-paying role is AI Infrastructure Director at $250,000 national median. Cloud and infrastructure engineers build and maintain the systems that power modern applications.
About cloud & infrastructure salaries
Cloud and infrastructure engineers build and maintain the systems that power modern applications. This industry encompasses cloud architecture, platform engineering, database administration, and the rapidly growing field of AI infrastructure. As organizations scale their AI workloads, demand for engineers who can manage GPU clusters and ML pipelines has surged.
All cloud & infrastructure roles by salary
| # | Role | Median | Range |
|---|
| 1 | AI Infrastructure Director | $250,000 | $195,000 to $325,000 |
| 2 | AI Cloud Architect | $205,000 | $155,000 to $260,000 |
| 3 | AI Infrastructure Manager | $198,000 | $150,000 to $258,000 |
| 4 | Network AI Optimization Specialist | $195,000 | $152,000 to $254,000 |
| 5 | AI Platform Architect | $195,000 | $152,000 to $254,000 |
| 6 | AI Infrastructure Engineer | $190,000 | $145,000 to $245,000 |
| 7 | AI Platform Engineer | $190,000 | $145,000 to $245,000 |
| 8 | Cloud Architect | $190,000 | $145,000 to $245,000 |
| 9 | GPU Cluster Manager | $185,000 | $140,000 to $242,000 |
| 10 | Vector Database Engineer | $178,000 | $135,000 to $232,000 |
| 11 | LLMOps Engineer | $178,000 | $135,000 to $232,000 |
| 12 | AI Site Reliability Engineer | $178,000 | $135,000 to $232,000 |
| 13 | AI DevOps Engineer | $175,000 | $135,000 to $225,000 |
| 14 | Platform Engineer | $175,000 | $135,000 to $225,000 |
| 15 | GPU Cluster Engineer | $175,000 | $137,000 to $228,000 |
| 16 | Model Reliability Engineer | $172,000 | $130,000 to $225,000 |
| 17 | AI Cost Optimization Engineer | $172,000 | $130,000 to $225,000 |
| 18 | ML Pipeline Engineer | $168,000 | $128,000 to $220,000 |
| 19 | AIOps Engineer | $165,000 | $125,000 to $215,000 |
| 20 | AI Observability Engineer | $165,000 | $125,000 to $218,000 |
| 21 | AI Capacity Planner | $158,000 | $120,000 to $208,000 |
| 22 | AI Environment Manager | $155,000 | $118,000 to $205,000 |
| 23 | Cloud Operations Manager | $155,000 | $121,000 to $202,000 |
| 24 | Model Deployment Specialist | $152,000 | $115,000 to $200,000 |
| 25 | Model Registry Manager | $152,000 | $115,000 to $200,000 |
| 26 | AI Observability Specialist | $150,000 | $115,000 to $188,000 |
| 27 | Platform Reliability Engineer | $150,000 | $117,000 to $195,000 |
| 28 | Cloud DevOps Engineer | $150,000 | $117,000 to $195,000 |
| 29 | Database Reliability Engineer | $145,000 | $113,000 to $189,000 |
| 30 | Infrastructure Manager | $145,000 | $113,000 to $189,000 |
| 31 | Cloud Operations Engineer | $130,000 | $101,000 to $169,000 |
| 32 | Platform Operations Engineer | $130,000 | $101,000 to $169,000 |
| 33 | Cloud Economist | $125,000 | $98,000 to $163,000 |
| 34 | Database Administrator | $108,000 | $82,000 to $142,000 |
| 35 | Database Developer | $105,000 | $82,000 to $137,000 |
| 36 | Network Engineer | $102,000 | $78,000 to $135,000 |
| 37 | Cloud Administrator | $95,000 | $74,000 to $124,000 |
| 38 | Network Operations Engineer | $95,000 | $74,000 to $124,000 |
| 39 | Network Administrator | $78,000 | $61,000 to $101,000 |
| 40 | Network Operations Center Analyst | $65,000 | $51,000 to $85,000 |
| 41 | IT Support Specialist | $55,000 | $42,000 to $72,000 |
Top cities for cloud & infrastructure
Cities ranked by average median salary across all 41 cloud & infrastructure roles.
| # | City | Avg Median | COL Index |
|---|
| 1 | San Jose, CA | $212,171 | 1.38x |
| 2 | San Francisco, CA | $207,439 | 1.35x |
| 3 | Honolulu, HI | $201,317 | 1.30x |
| 4 | New York, NY | $196,195 | 1.28x |
| 5 | Washington DC, DC | $193,000 | 1.25x |
| 6 | Seattle, WA | $190,951 | 1.24x |
| 7 | Boston, MA | $188,122 | 1.22x |
| 8 | Arlington, VA | $187,829 | 1.22x |
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