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Amazon salaries

Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, entertainment, and artificial intelligence.

No public job board · H-1B median $166k (15,184 filings)

H-1B wages by title

Software Engineer$165kGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.Applied Scientist$184kResearch methods pointed at a product problem; Amazon made the title mainstream.Data Analyst$135kAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.Data Engineer$161kBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.Solutions Engineer$172kThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.Engineering Manager$213kManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.Security Engineer$172kFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.Data Scientist$167kUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.Platform Engineer$139kBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.Research Scientist$166kDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.Member of Technical Staff$280kA deliberately flat title from Bell Labs, revived by AI labs for engineers and researchers alike.Design Engineer$164kHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.DevOps Engineer$140kAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.Big Data Engineer$169kThe Hadoop-era title of the early 2010s, before Spark and cloud warehouses folded it into data engineering.
TitleH-1B
Software EngineerGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.$165k10,500 filings
Applied ScientistResearch methods pointed at a product problem; Amazon made the title mainstream.$184k1,208 filings
Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.$135k893 filings
Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.$161k722 filings
Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.$172k549 filings
Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.$213k488 filings
Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.$172k314 filings
Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.$167k302 filings
Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.$139k100 filings
Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.$166k78 filings
Member of Technical StaffA deliberately flat title from Bell Labs, revived by AI labs for engineers and researchers alike.$280k20 filings
Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.$164k8 filings
DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.Few1 filing
Big Data EngineerThe Hadoop-era title of the early 2010s, before Spark and cloud warehouses folded it into data engineering.Few1 filing

Certified H-1B filings, FY2025 Q4 to FY2026 Q3.

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Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, entertainment, and artificial intelligence. Source

Amazon has no public Greenhouse, Ashby or Lever board, so its pay here comes from H-1B filings only.

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q13,089$160k
FY2025 Q23,900$158k
FY2025 Q35,143$148k
FY2025 Q42,242$175k
FY2026 Q12,125$164k
FY2026 Q22,847$155k
FY2026 Q37,970$168k

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