2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Amazon Development Center U S

Offered base salaries from 1,971 certified H-1B filings, across 19 roles in 16 metro areas.

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

Half of Amazon Development Center U S's certified filings offered $148,400 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $129,000 and $175,000. 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$137,259$83k – $340k1526
Computer and Information Systems Managers$198,390$145k – $352k96
Computer and Information Research Scientists$175,000$120k – $229k96
Computer Occupations, All Other$169,700$108k – $352k57
Operations Research Analysts$170,100$102k – $227k42
Data Scientists$138,400$91k – $191k41
Information Security Analysts$168,700$67k – $225k29
Graphic Designers$145,700$118k – $197k19
Database Administrators$132,100$72k – $167k13
Statisticians$170,000$103k – $195k7
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$130,800$72k – $352k1081
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$177,600$127k – $288k376
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$129,000$97k – $250k154
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$160,805$95k – $236k134
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$151,200$87k – $230k61
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$129,000$100k – $185k52
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$145,000$100k – $196k28
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$134,200$99k – $175k26
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$151,600$83k – $237k11
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$173,800$134k – $340k10
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Amazon Development Center U S's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Seattle$129,000873−22.9%
Software Developers — San Jose$172,931282−18.9%
Software Developers — Washington$129,000118−16.7%
Software Developers — New York$144,800100−13.2%
Software Developers — Boston$132,60048−20.2%
Computer and Information Systems Managers — Seattle$198,39047−7.6%
Software Developers — Austin$129,00039−3.8%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Seattle$160,70037+18.1%
Computer and Information Research Scientists — San Jose$190,00031−13.0%
Data Scientists — Seattle$132,30029−19.7%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
1,971 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 Development Center U S'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.