Amazon Mechanical Turk — 33 certified H-1B filings (FY2017–FY2023)
- 4
- Filings · FY2023
- $167k
- Median base · FY2023
- Software Development Engineer II
- Top role · 14 all-time
- WA
- Top state · 33 all-time
Amazon Mechanical Turk filed 4 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2023 (up 33% from the year before), with a median base salary of $167k and the middle 50% of offers between $119k and $185k. That is 6% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 33 certified filings since FY2017, most often for Software Development Engineer II in Washington.
How much does Amazon Mechanical Turk 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. $167k median in FY2023. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Amazon Mechanical Turk's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2017 → 4 in FY2023. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | +33% | $167k |
| FY2022 | 3 | −50% | $123k |
| FY2021 | 6 | −14% | $144k |
| FY2020 | 7 | 0% | $142k |
| FY2019 | 7 | +75% | $132k |
| FY2018 | 4 | +100% | $106k |
| FY2017 | 2 | — | $90k |
Which wage levels does Amazon Mechanical Turk file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 3% of Amazon Mechanical Turk'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 30 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I53.3%16
- Level II43.3%13
- Level III3.3%1
What jobs does Amazon Mechanical Turk sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Software Development Engineer II | 14 | $146k |
| Software Development Engineer I | 13 | $109k |
| Software Development Engineer III | 1 | $203k |
| Software Development Manager | 1 | $150k |
| Software Development Manager II | 1 | $142k |
| Data Scientist II | 1 | $142k |
| System Development Engineer I | 1 | $135k |
| Software Development Engineer | 1 | $106k |
Where does Amazon Mechanical Turk 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 | 33 | $135k |
What has Amazon Mechanical Turk filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Amazon Mechanical Turk: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Amazon Mechanical Turk's H-1B filings
- How much does Amazon Mechanical Turk pay H-1B workers?
- Amazon Mechanical Turk's median certified H-1B base salary is $167k (FY2023), from 4 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Amazon Mechanical Turk sponsor?
- Amazon Mechanical Turk has 33 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2023).
- What jobs does Amazon Mechanical Turk sponsor for H-1B?
- Amazon Mechanical Turk's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Development Engineer II, Software Development Engineer I, Software Development Engineer III, Software Development Manager.
- Where does Amazon Mechanical Turk hire H-1B workers?
- Amazon Mechanical Turk's top H-1B worksite states are WA.
- 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 (FY2017–FY2023). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →