What Amazon Web Services certifies it pays.
Base-pay bands from 2,472 wage filings Amazon Web Services certified to the U.S. Department of Labor in fiscal 2026 (October 2025 through June 2026) — 18,269 across every year on record. Filed under penalty of perjury — not self-reported.
Most-filed role: Software Developers, $142K–$180K base, median $159K (1,507 filings).
Related record: Amazon Web Services’s full H-1B sponsor file
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Software Developers at Amazon Web Services
1,507 filingsData Scientists at Amazon Web Services
154 filingsComputer and Information Systems Managers at Amazon Web Services
110 filingsInformation Technology Project Managers at Amazon Web Services
109 filingsComputer Network Support Specialists at Amazon Web Services
92 filingsNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators at Amazon Web Services
91 filingsComputer and Information Research Scientists at Amazon Web Services
78 filingsCompensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists at Amazon Web Services
37 filingsMedian by state
| WA | 835 filings | $152K |
| TX | 524 filings | $148K |
| CA | 298 filings | $180K |
| VA | 251 filings | $148K |
| NY | 213 filings | $173K |
| IL | 58 filings | $161K |
| NJ | 48 filings | $173K |
| MA | 44 filings | $162K |
Median by seniority level
| Level I · Entry | 364 filings | $122K |
| Level II · Qualified | 921 filings | $152K |
| Level III · Experienced | 456 filings | $169K |
| Level IV · Fully competent | 303 filings | $190K |
OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.
H-1B sponsorship profile
Amazon Web Services certifies 18,269 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 27% above the floor.
The rest are set exactly at the prevailing wage — legal, and common among high-volume filers.
vs. $111K 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. (16,181).
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 4,480 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 4,487 decided applications (certified + denied)
Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (4,480 vs 18,269) — 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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