2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Amazon Data Services

Offered base salaries from 760 certified H-1B filings, across 24 roles in 19 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Amazon Data Services's certified filings offered $144,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $129,000 and $165,550. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Software Developers$149,240$109k – $260k223
Industrial Engineers$133,000$71k – $180k87
Civil Engineers$135,000$86k – $169k77
Computer Network Architects$165,721$114k – $233k54
Computer Occupations, All Other$148,700$108k – $192k54
Data Scientists$132,100$67k – $184k39
Purchasing Managers$147,900$89k – $181k28
Computer and Information Systems Managers$182,957$145k – $278k26
Logisticians$108,000$68k – $156k25
Computer Hardware Engineers$166,525$124k – $240k19
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$142,200$67k – $235k317
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$135,000$65k – $204k179
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$177,253$121k – $278k103
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$140,000$67k – $204k46
Columbus, OH$130,000$83k – $165k17
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$160,710$109k – $260k11
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$140,000$121k – $224k11
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$137,200$114k – $175k10
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$156,600$134k – $168k9
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$76,107$61k – $140k8
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Amazon Data Services's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Seattle$137,259114−17.9%
Software Developers — San Jose$187,74161−11.9%
Civil Engineers — Washington$134,20042+31.9%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Seattle$148,70034+9.2%
Computer Network Architects — Seattle$150,00032−13.1%
Industrial Engineers — Washington$123,30031+4.8%
Data Scientists — Seattle$135,00022−18.1%
Software Developers — Washington$134,70019−13.1%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Washington$147,80017−5.6%
Industrial Engineers — Seattle$132,10014+0.7%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
760 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Amazon Data Services's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.