Azure certification salary: $148K median
The median advertised Azure certification salary is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $120K to $175K: counted from 49 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $71 an hour or $12,333 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $210K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Azure certification jobs
$148Kmedian advertised salary
$120K – $175Kmiddle half of roles
$148Kaverage advertised salary
49roles counted
Azure certification salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $150K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $147K | 45 |
Skills that pay more for Azure certification roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudFormation | $197K | +$49K | 6 |
| Ansible | $193K | +$45K | 7 |
| GCP | $182K | +$34K | 13 |
| GitHub Actions | $177K | +$29K | 5 |
| CCNA | $176K | +$28K | 6 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anduril Industries | $172K | 4 |
| iCapital | $122K | 3 |
| Coretelligent | $102K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Azure certification roles
All Azure certification jobs- Global Solutions ArchitectRubrik · 🇺🇸USA , Remote$208K - $324KRemotePythonTerraformGCP
- Information Security Manager - Identity and Access Management (IAM)Zoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$228K - $273KPythonGCPAzure
- Senior Cloud Deployment EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$191K - $253KSeniorPythonDockerTerraform
- Staff Mission Security Engineer, BuildTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Colorado Springs, CO; Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$170K - $250KLead and abovePythonTerraformAzure
- Specialist Solutions Architect - Azure Infrastructure & AI PlatformDatabricks · 🇺🇸United States$180K - $248KPythonSQLTerraform
- Principal Security EngineerImagine Pediatrics · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$195K - $225KRemoteLead and aboveAzureSnowflakeCI/CD
- Professional Services Consultant, Zero TrustCloudflare · Hybrid$163K - $224KHybridPythonTerraformGCP
- Principal Cloud EngineerUnum · 🇺🇸Portland, Maine, USA; Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA$109K - $224KLead and abovePythonTerraformGCP
- Senior Cloud Deployment Engineer, SpaceAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$166K - $220KSeniorRustGoPython
- Software Engineer - InfrastructureThread Ai · 🇺🇸New York Office$145K - $220KGoPythonJava
- Senior Partner Solutions Architect – GSIWiz · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$190K - $211KRemoteSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Senior Detection & Response EngineerExpel · Remote$143K - $207KRemoteSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Sr. Site Reliability EngineerIllumio · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California - HQ$172K - $198KSeniorPythonDockerAzure
- Government Cloud Security EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Austin, TX; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, DC$100K - $198KTerraformAzureLinux
- Senior Database EngineerMeridianlink · 🇺🇸US Remote$115K - $195KRemoteSeniorSQLPostgreSQLTerraform
- Senior Azure Cloud EngineerVaxcyte · 🇺🇸San Carlos, California, United States$163K - $191KSeniorPythonSQLTerraform
- Staff Systems Engineer, Microsoft InfrastructureCrusoe · 🇺🇸Denver, CO - US$155K - $190KLead and aboveTerraformGCPAzure
- Senior Network EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$140K - $180KSeniorSecurity+CCNAITIL
- Domain Managing Architect - CloudHorace Mann · Remote$124K - $176KRemoteAzureLLMAWS
- Platform Engineer, ITTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$125K - $175KPythonTerraformAzure
Questions about Azure certification pay
- What is the average Azure certification salary?
- $148K a year on average and $148K at the median, across 49 open Azure certification postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $120K to $175K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Azure certification pay?
- Anduril Industries ($172K), iCapital ($122K), Coretelligent ($102K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an azure certification a high-paying job?
- The median Azure certification posting advertises $148K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an azure certification?
- A tenth of the postings offer $210K a year or more; the highest open Azure certification role advertises up to $324K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Azure certification salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $148K a year is about $71 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,333 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $58 to $84 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Azure certification roles?
- Postings that ask for CloudFormation (+$49K, 6 postings), Ansible (+$45K, 7 postings), GCP (+$34K, 13 postings) advertise more than the $148K median of all Azure certification postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Azure certification roles at companies is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $120K to $175K. Counted from 49 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/azure-certification/
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