What Amazon Data Services certifies it pays.
Base-pay bands from 3,544 certified Department of Labor wage filings across every fiscal year on record, through FY2026. (The /pay index card counts FY2026 alone.) Filed under penalty of perjury — not self-reported.
Related record: Amazon Data Services’s full H-1B sponsor file
Base-salary bands by role
Software Developers
777 filingsTransportation Engineers
364 filingsValidation Engineers
317 filingsComputer Network Architects
260 filingsInformation Technology Project Managers
212 filingsOperations Research Analysts
209 filingsComputer and Information Systems Managers
180 filingsSoftware Developers, Applications
152 filingsMedian by state
| WA | 1,457 filings | $140K |
| VA | 844 filings | $130K |
| CA | 581 filings | $171K |
| TX | 248 filings | $140K |
| OR | 110 filings | $130K |
| OH | 71 filings | $130K |
| NY | 37 filings | $165K |
| CO | 32 filings | $150K |
Median by seniority level
| Level I · Entry | 985 filings | $121K |
| Level II · Qualified | 1,850 filings | $147K |
| Level III · Experienced | 598 filings | $160K |
| Level IV · Fully competent | 44 filings | $177K |
OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.
H-1B sponsorship profile
Amazon Data Services certifies 3,544 H-1B / E-3 wage filings through FY2026 — filing volume cooling. Below, how those offers compare to the legal prevailing-wage floor each role must clear.
Median certified offer runs 24% above the floor.
The rest are set exactly at the prevailing wage — legal, and common among high-volume filers.
vs. $108K prevailing-wage floor.
Seniority mix (OES wage level)
Filing volume by fiscal year
Filed across 5 legal entities under this brand — largest: Amazon Data Services, Inc (2,935).
Every H-1B role carries a legally required prevailing-wage floor (the OES rate for that occupation, area, and level). The offered wage on the certified filing must meet or exceed it — so “% above floor” distinguishes employers who genuinely pay a premium from those who file at the minimum. Certified DOL disclosure data, offered base wage only; reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.
Green-card sponsorship record
Amazon Data Services has 384 certified permanent-residency (PERM) applications on the federal record through FY2026 — filing volume cooling. The question this answers: does this employer put workers on the path to a green card, or only on visas?
All fiscal years on record · applications, not people
Of 386 decided applications (certified + denied)
Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (384 vs 3,544) — filings and applications, not headcount
Source: DOL OFLC PERM (Form ETA-9089) disclosure data, decision-basis by federal fiscal year; the current fiscal year is partial by construction. PERM has no prevailing-wage field — this card reads sponsorship posture, not pay.
What this data is — and isn't
These bands come from certified H-1B Labor Condition Application disclosures — the base salary employers commit to on the record. They exclude equity, bonus, and benefits, and they cover only roles companies sponsor, which skews technical. Read them as a conservative, citable floor on what Amazon Data Services pays — not total compensation. Our sources.
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