Where do these salary figures come from?

Each certification carries its own attribution, naming the reports it was compiled from and the year. That source is printed on screen next to the figure it belongs to, never pooled across certifications.

Why is there no salary by city or by years of experience?

Because there is no source for one. A regional or seniority multiplier would be a number we made up, and this tool only prints numbers it can attribute.

Why is the exam fee not shown?

Vendors no longer publish a single US price on the pages we can link to. Rather than quote a fee we cannot point you at, we link to the official exam page so you can check the current price yourself.

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What does this certification actually pay?

Pick a certification and see the reported average, the full range, and what each job it leads to pays. Every number on this page names the source it came from.

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Which job are you asking about?

Each job carries its own reported pay, not the certification average.

Reported pay

$102,000

Reported average for AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner holders

Source: Global Knowledge, Robert Half, Payscale 2024

The reported range, not just the middle

$60,000$110,000

Marker: reported average, $102,000

Source: Global Knowledge, Robert Half, Payscale 2024

Premium over non-certified

20%

Source: Global Knowledge, Robert Half, Payscale 2024

Job demand growth

+22% YoY

Source: Global Knowledge, Robert Half, Payscale 2024

Exam fee, exam length and the pass mark are not printed here. The vendors either no longer publish one US price or do not publish it on the page we can link you to, and a number we cannot point you at is a number you should not trust. Check the current terms on the official Amazon Web Services page.

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Source: Amazon Web Services, official exam page

Where these numbers come from

Every figure here belongs to one certification and is printed next to that certification's own attribution: the named reports it was compiled from, and the year. Nothing is averaged across certifications, because a blended figure could only be cited to "several different sources", which is not a citation.

Deliberately missing: any adjustment for city, country or years of experience. The previous version multiplied a salary by 1.35 for San Francisco and 0.72 for a junior. Neither coefficient had a source, so both are gone rather than relabelled.

A reported average is a middle, not a promise. What you are offered depends on the employer, the market and what else you bring.

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Is it worth what it costs?

Your money against the reported salary premium.

Which certification should I start with?

Five questions, one certification, and the order after it.

What is between me and the job?

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Am I paid what holders are paid?

Your salary against the published range, with the source.

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