HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate Salary in 2025

Terraform 003 Certification

$120K
Average Salary
68,000+
Open Positions
+45% year-over-year
Job Growth
Very High
Market Demand

Salary Ranges by Experience Level

Entry Level

$100K - $118K

0-2 years experience

Mid-Level

$118K - $138K

2-5 years experience

Senior Level

$138K - $165K

5+ years experience

💰 Median Salary: $118K/year

IaC becoming infrastructure standard

Salary by Location - Top 5 Cities

1
San Francisco, CA
$155,000 - $185,000
2
Seattle, WA
$145,000 - $175,000
3
New York, NY
$140,000 - $170,000
4
Austin, TX
$130,000 - $160,000
5
Denver, CO
$128,000 - $158,000

Key Factors Affecting Salary

Multi-Cloud Expertise

+25-35%

AWS + Azure + GCP Terraform modules

Advanced Terraform

+20-30%

Module development, state management, best practices

Security & Compliance

+15-25%

Sentinel policies, Terraform Cloud Enterprise

CI/CD Integration

+15-20%

GitOps workflows, automated pipelines

Skills That Increase Your Salary

Multi-Cloud IaC

+$15,000 - $25,000

AWS, Azure, GCP provider expertise

Terraform Enterprise

+$12,000 - $20,000

Sentinel, private registry, workspaces

Kubernetes Integration

+$10,000 - $18,000

K8s provider, Helm integration

Python / Go

+$10,000 - $16,000

Custom providers, automation

Career Progression & Salary Growth

Entry Level

Junior DevOps / IaC Engineer

0-2 years

$100,000 - $118,000
Mid Level

DevOps / Platform Engineer

2-5 years

$118,000 - $138,000
Senior Level

Senior Platform Engineer

5-8 years

$138,000 - $158,000
Lead Level

Lead Platform / Principal Engineer

8+ years

$158,000 - $195,000+

Salary Comparison with Similar Roles

RoleAverage SalaryDifference
DevOps Engineer$125,000+4%
Cloud Engineer$120,0000%
SRE$145,000+21%
Systems Admin$85,000-29%

Top Paying Industries

Technology / SaaS

Demand: Very High

$135,000

FinTech

Demand: Very High

$140,000

E-commerce

Demand: High

$125,000

Healthcare Tech

Demand: High

$122,000

Consulting

Demand: High

$128,000

Salary by Company Size

Startup (1-50 employees)$110,000
Small (51-200 employees)$118,000
Medium (201-1000 employees)$125,000
Large (1001-5000 employees)$132,000
Enterprise (5000+ employees)$140,000

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