Recent public data for H-1B visas have revealed how much Amazon pays some of its foreign employees in the United States. These filings are part of legal paperwork companies must submit when sponsoring skilled workers for H-1B visas. Because these forms list base salaries, they give us a clear look at pay ranges for different roles at Amazon.
Amazon’s Workforce and Visa Filings
Amazon is one of the biggest employers in the world, with over 1.5 million workers globally. As of early 2025, the company had filed H-1B paperwork for around 11,300 foreign workers in the US.
These filings are publicly available and show how much Amazon intends to pay foreign engineers, analysts, data scientists, and product managers. Base salary figures are included, but they do not count stock bonuses, performance bonuses or other benefits that many tech workers receive.
Software Roles and Salaries
One of the highest-paid roles shown in the H-1B data is the Software Development Engineer (SDE). According to the filings:
SDEs at Amazon.com can earn up to $263,700 per year in base salary.
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), Software Engineers have reported salaries up to around $185,000.
These figures are among the top base salaries reported, even before other forms of compensation are added.
Data and Product Jobs Pay Well Too
Other high-value tech and business positions also show strong pay numbers:
Data Scientists have been listed with base salaries as high as $230,900.
Technical Product Managers can earn up to around $235,200.
These roles are critical to Amazon’s technology and product teams, helping build services and tools used by millions of customers.
Company’s Pay Approach
Amazon has stated that its pay is based on multiple factors including the job level, the specific role, where the employee works, and the person’s past performance. This structure is meant to help the company attract and keep top talent in the competitive technology job market.
Workforce Changes and Context
The salary data comes at a time when Amazon has also been adjusting its workforce through layoffs and restructuring, particularly in its cloud computing division. Though the company has reduced some jobs, compensation levels for skilled H-1B workers remain high in the filings.
