Amazon Data Services — 4,945 certified H-1B filings (FY2020–FY2026)
- 1,012
- Filings · FY2025
- $145k
- Median base · FY2025
- Software Development Engineer II
- Top role · 420 all-time
- WA
- Top state · 2,119 all-time
Amazon Data Services filed 1,012 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 16% from the year before), with a median base salary of $145k and the middle 50% of offers between $129k and $168k. That is 3% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 4,945 certified filings since FY2020, most often for Software Development Engineer II in Washington.
How much does Amazon Data Services pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $145k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Amazon Data Services's H-1B hiring changed by year?
164 certified filings in FY2020 → 1,187 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 1,187 | +17% | $148k |
| FY2025 | 1,012 | +16% | $145k |
| FY2024 | 873 | +34% | $143k |
| FY2023 | 650 | −12% | $130k |
| FY2022 | 742 | +134% | $130k |
| FY2021 | 317 | +93% | $126k |
| FY2020 | 164 | — | $122k |
Which wage levels does Amazon Data Services file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 18% of Amazon Data Services's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 4,643 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I31.2%1,448
- Level II51.2%2,375
- Level III14.6%677
- Level IV3.1%143
What jobs does Amazon Data Services sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Amazon Data Services's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Software Development Engineer II | 420 | $167k |
| Software Development Engineer I | 294 | $118k |
| Data Center Infrastructure Engineer II | 226 | $140k |
| Network Development Engineer II | 208 | $155k |
| Technical Operations Engineer II | 194 | $140k |
| Technical Operations Engineer I | 189 | $123k |
| Software Dev Engineer I | 148 | $129k |
| Software Dev Engineer II | 146 | $175k |
| Network Development Engineer I | 126 | $127k |
| Hardware Commodity Specialist II | 111 | $109k |
Where does Amazon Data Services hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| WA | 2,119 | $140k |
| VA | 1,153 | $131k |
| CA | 729 | $170k |
| TX | 336 | $141k |
| OR | 159 | $129k |
| OH | 101 | $130k |
| CO | 49 | $142k |
| IN | 40 | $94k |
| NY | 39 | $165k |
| GA | 38 | $137k |
What has Amazon Data Services filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 4,945 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Amazon Data Services's H-1B filings
- How much does Amazon Data Services pay H-1B workers?
- Amazon Data Services's median certified H-1B base salary is $145k (FY2025), from 1,012 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Amazon Data Services sponsor?
- Amazon Data Services has 4,945 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2020–FY2026).
- What jobs does Amazon Data Services sponsor for H-1B?
- Amazon Data Services's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Development Engineer II, Software Development Engineer I, Data Center Infrastructure Engineer II, Network Development Engineer II.
- Where does Amazon Data Services hire H-1B workers?
- Amazon Data Services's top H-1B worksite states are WA, VA, CA, TX.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2020–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →