What Amazon Web Services certifies it pays.
Base-pay bands from 16,365 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 Web Services’s full H-1B sponsor file
Base-salary bands by role
Software Developers
7,038 filingsOperations Research Analysts
1,068 filingsHealth Informatics Specialists
995 filingsSoftware Developers, Systems Software
987 filingsSoftware Developers, Applications
934 filingsComputer and Information Systems Managers
805 filingsData Scientists
638 filingsWeb Administrators
518 filingsMedian by state
| WA | 4,573 filings | $137K |
| TX | 3,134 filings | $134K |
| CA | 2,476 filings | $174K |
| VA | 1,713 filings | $130K |
| NY | 1,142 filings | $167K |
| MA | 431 filings | $155K |
| NJ | 363 filings | $160K |
| GA | 362 filings | $160K |
Median by seniority level
| Level I · Entry | 3,968 filings | $112K |
| Level II · Qualified | 7,236 filings | $150K |
| Level III · Experienced | 4,378 filings | $170K |
| Level IV · Fully competent | 500 filings | $206K |
OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.
H-1B sponsorship profile
Amazon Web Services certifies 16,365 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 28% above the floor.
The rest are set exactly at the prevailing wage — legal, and common among high-volume filers.
vs. $109K prevailing-wage floor.
Seniority mix (OES wage level)
Filing volume by fiscal year
Filed across 6+ legal entities under this brand — largest: Amazon Web Services, Inc. (14,284).
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 Web Services has 4,466 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 4,473 decided applications (certified + denied)
Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (4,466 vs 16,365) — 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 Web Services pays — not total compensation. Our sources.
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