Amazon Studios — 46 certified H-1B filings (FY2018–FY2026)
- 11
- Filings · FY2025
- $162k
- Median base · FY2025
- Business Intelligence Engineer II
- Top role · 8 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 35 all-time
Amazon Studios filed 11 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 450% from the year before), with a median base salary of $162k and the middle 50% of offers between $100k and $178k. That is 14% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 46 certified filings since FY2018, most often for Business Intelligence Engineer II in California.
How much does Amazon Studios 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. $162k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Amazon Studios's H-1B hiring changed by year?
3 certified filings in FY2018 → 3 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3 | −73% | $149k |
| FY2025 | 11 | +450% | $162k |
| FY2024 | 2 | −71% | $110k |
| FY2023 | 7 | −46% | $129k |
| FY2022 | 13 | +550% | $121k |
| FY2021 | 2 | −50% | $76k |
| FY2020 | 4 | +300% | $120k |
| FY2019 | 1 | −67% | $117k |
| FY2018 | 3 | — | $153k |
Which wage levels does Amazon Studios file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 18% of Amazon Studios'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 44 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I27.3%12
- Level II54.5%24
- Level III18.2%8
What jobs does Amazon Studios 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Business Intelligence Engineer II | 8 | $120k |
| Software Development Engineer II | 6 | $160k |
| Software Development Engineer I | 5 | $80k |
| Principal Legal Counsel | 2 | $163k |
| Legal Counsel III | 2 | $118k |
| Product Manager II - Technical | 2 | $81k |
| Manager III, Network Development | 2 | $156k |
| Creative Development Specialist III | 2 | $144k |
| Head of Music Licensing | 1 | $153k |
| Manager III, Creative Development | 1 | $76k |
Where does Amazon Studios 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 35 | $120k |
| FL | 8 | $144k |
| WA | 3 | $152k |
What has Amazon Studios filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Amazon Studios: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Amazon Studios's H-1B filings
- How much does Amazon Studios pay H-1B workers?
- Amazon Studios's median certified H-1B base salary is $162k (FY2025), from 11 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Amazon Studios sponsor?
- Amazon Studios has 46 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2018–FY2026).
- What jobs does Amazon Studios sponsor for H-1B?
- Amazon Studios's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Business Intelligence Engineer II, Software Development Engineer II, Software Development Engineer I, Principal Legal Counsel.
- Where does Amazon Studios hire H-1B workers?
- Amazon Studios's top H-1B worksite states are CA, FL, 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 (FY2018–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →