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Amazon salaries

What Amazon publishes in its job posts: the median, the range, and how pay differs by role, AI level and country. Only salaries from live posts, nothing self-reported.

$161k median · $129k to $182k middle half · 10,000+ job posts with a salary

Updated Nov 3, 2026

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Salary by role at Amazon

In USD a year. Range is the middle half of posts from 5 posts, and lowest to highest below that. A row appears from 3 posts.

Published salary at Amazon by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering3,000+$169k$150k to $187k
Operations1,400+$130k$109k to $156k
Sales605$181k$168k to $208k
Product564$178k$175k to $205k
Data515$160k$138k to $187k
Finance329$129k$100k to $130k
Research327$197k$168k to $216k
HR276$93k$92k to $153k

Salary by AI level at Amazon

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. In USD a year.

Published salary at Amazon by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●866$197k$169k to $216k
Works on AI ●●●○967$181k$169k to $208k
Uses AI ●●○○419$162k$131k to $181k
Little AI ●○○○7,800+$154k$115k to $176k

Salary by country at Amazon

Posts published in USD, grouped by the country of the job.

Published salary at Amazon by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States10,000+$161k$129k to $182k

Other currencies and hourly pay

Shown apart. Amounts are never converted between currencies or between hourly and annual.

  • CAD: 335 job posts, median CAD 153k, CAD 111k to CAD 184k a year.
  • EUR: 140 job posts, median €43k, €35k to €49k a year.
  • AUD: 5 job posts, median AUD 109k, AUD 102k to AUD 109k a year.
  • RON: 1 job post with a salary, too few for a figure (3 are needed).
  • Hourly in USD: 2,300+ job posts, median $39/hr.

Amazon job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 13,000+. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 13,000+ job posts at Amazon with a published salary, read from the live job posts themselves. Each post counts once, at the midpoint of its listed range. Hourly rates are shown apart from annual pay, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out. Currencies are never converted or mixed. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Nov 3, 2026.

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Amazon salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does Amazon pay?

Amazon job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $161k. The middle half of those posts range from $129k to $182k. That is 10,000+ job posts, as of Nov 3, 2026.

Which roles at Amazon list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Research has the highest median at $197k, from 327 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at Amazon change with how much AI the job involves?

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. Median published salaries by level at Amazon: Builds AI $197k, Works on AI $181k, Uses AI $162k, Little AI $154k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these Amazon salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at Amazon that list a salary, nothing else. Level takes the midpoint of each listed range, then reports the median and the middle half of posts once there are at least 3. Amounts are never converted between currencies, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out.

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