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4 Cloud Certs That Actually Boost Salary

Top tech certifications 2026: Which ones actually increase salary? AWS Certified Solutions Architect: +$28K. CISSP: +$31K (Levels.fyi, 2024). We ranked 15 certs by ROI, difficulty, and hiring demand - skip the low-ROI ones.