The median starting salary is $151,200 a year, measured on the 7,496 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
$250k-$300kUnited StatesRemote2mo
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AWS jobs: 17,627 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name AWS in the job title or description. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 17,627
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 3,176
- remote
- 2,428
- median starting salary
- $151,200
New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY2mo
javascripttypescriptsql+4
Hybrid LondonRemote2mo
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Hybrid ParisRemote2mo
pythonjavascripttypescript+10
New York City, New YorkRemote2mo
databricks
$211k-$261kSan Mateo, CA, United States2mo
langchainlanggraphpinecone+3
$184k-$230kBrooklyn, NY (Rent the Runway HQ)2mo
runwaypythonmachine-learning+1
$320k-$485kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA2mo
awsgcpredis
$320k-$485kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA2mo
redismemcachedaws+1
London, UK2mo
pythontypescriptkubernetes+3
$240k-$312kSan Francisco Office (Fremont St)Remote2mo
kubernetespythonansible+1
$119kToronto, Canada2mo
langchainlanggraphbedrock+4
$160k-$210kUnited StatesRemote2mo
openaiclaudeanthropic+13
McLean, VA3mo
langchainhugging-facepytorch+1
$220k-$405kSan FranciscoRemote3mo
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AI level of AWS jobs
- AI Level 41,313 (7%)
- AI Level 31,863 (11%)
- AI Level 2613 (3%)
- AI Level 113,838 (79%)
Companies hiring for AWS
AWS jobs by city
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do AWS jobs pay?
How much AI work do AWS jobs involve?
Of the 17,627 live postings: AI Level 4: 1,313 (7%); AI Level 3: 1,863 (11%); AI Level 2: 613 (3%); AI Level 1: 13,838 (79%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for AWS jobs?
By number of live postings: Amazon (9,810), Capital One (751), MongoDB (394), Databricks (372), PwC (331). Counted September 2026.
Where are AWS jobs located?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: Seattle (1,631), New York (900), San Francisco (794), Bengaluru (678), London (504). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in AWS jobs?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (6,086), Azure (4,842), Google Cloud (4,708), Java (3,493), Kubernetes (3,370). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in AWS jobs?
By number of live postings: Solutions architect (940), Data engineer (358), AI engineer (235), Forward deployed engineer (229), Data scientist (167). 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.