The median starting salary is $152,300 a year, measured on the 100 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
AWS jobs in Chicago: 134 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name AWS in the job title or description, located in Chicago, United States. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 134
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 23
- remote
- 14
- median starting salary
- $152,300
$151k-$204kUS, IL, Chicago4w
$160k-$251kChicago1mo
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$194k-$267kBellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC7mo
Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Seattle, Washington; Washington, DC7mo
$203k-$398kAustin; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Los Angeles; New York City; United StatesRemote1mo
Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Washington, DC10h ago
$224k-$308kBellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Washington, DCRemote2d
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$76k-$149kAtlanta; Austin; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Philadelphia; Raleigh1w
$120k-$150kAtlanta, Georgia, USA; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Houston, Texas, USA; Miami, Florida, USA4w
$189k-$260kBellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Washington, DC2mo
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Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC2mo
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AI level of AWS jobs in Chicago
- AI Level 47 (5%)
- AI Level 316 (12%)
- AI Level 23 (2%)
- AI Level 1108 (81%)
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How much do AWS jobs in Chicago pay?
How much AI work do AWS jobs in Chicago involve?
Of the 134 live postings: AI Level 4: 7 (5%); AI Level 3: 16 (12%); AI Level 2: 3 (2%); AI Level 1: 108 (81%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for AWS jobs in Chicago?
By number of live postings: Amazon (47), Capital One (28), MongoDB (17), Okta (11), Databricks (7). Counted September 2026.
Which other cities have AWS jobs?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: Seattle (1,648), New York (889), San Francisco (784), Arlington (423), Austin (407). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in AWS jobs in Chicago?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Azure (67), Google Cloud (67), Python (62), Machine learning (34), Java (33). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in AWS jobs in Chicago?
By number of live postings: Solutions architect (10), Data engineer (6), Machine learning engineer (6), Forward deployed engineer (5), AI engineer (2). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names AWS in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.