2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Cloudflare

Offered base salaries from 78 certified H-1B filings, across 6 roles in 5 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Cloudflare's certified filings offered $155,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $135,000 and $180,000. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Software Developers$155,000$120k – $230k33
Computer and Information Systems Managers$181,000$145k – $250k9
Data Scientists$135,000$105k – $160k8
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$135,000$90k – $165k7
Information Security Analysts$130,000$110k – $140k3
Computer Network Architects$160,000$130k – $170k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$140,000$90k – $200k39
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$180,000$135k – $250k18
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$130,000$120k – $140k3
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$195,000$185k – $230k3
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$160,000$150k – $170k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Cloudflare's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Austin$155,00013+15.6%
Software Developers — San Francisco$170,00010−8.9%
Data Scientists — Austin$135,0008+6.0%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
78 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Cloudflare's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.