Amazon announced to corporate employees last week it would raise base salary this year from $160,000 max to $350,000 according to Geekwire.
Amazon’s base salary had been lower compared to other tech companies like Microsoft and Google but offered sign-on bonuses instead and more restricted stock units to make up for the difference.
These changes don’t affect warehouse employees which make up the bulk of Amazon’s workforce. These employees have an average starting pay of $15 per hour or more depending on location.
Below are salaries paid to selected Amazon workers based on H1-B filings with the Department of Labor for the fourth quarter of 2021. The jobs are in Silicon Valley and Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle. The salaries do not include benefits or stock options.
| Job Title | Location | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Scientist III | Palo Alto | $171,163 |
| Manager III, UX Design | Palo Alto | $70,450 |
| Manager I, ICQA | Palo Alto | $84,490 |
| Software Development Engineer II | Palo Alto | $170,500 |
| Data Scientist I | Palo Alto | $84,094 |
| Tech Business Developer III | Santa Clara | $165,000 |
| Software Development Engineer I | Sunnyvale | $130,224 |
| Quality Assurance Engineer II | Sunnyvale | $170,000 |
| HR Specialist 1 | Seattle | $49,391 |
| Front End Engineer II | Seattle | $113,110 |
| Security Engineer II | Seattle | $93.808 |
| Site Manager, Operations | Seattle | $105,934 |
| Business Developer III | Seattle | $103,147 |
| Administrative Support IV | Seattle | $105,934 |
| Inventory Planner I | Seattle | $49,837 |
| UX Designer II | Seattle | $64,792 |
| Data Scientist III | Seattle | $114,941 |
| Business Developer III | Seattle | $103,147 |
| Principal Program Management | Seattle | $118,269 |
| Director, Supply Chain Management | Seattle | $160,000 |
| IT Application Analyst II | Seattle | $96,554 |
| Risk Manager III | Seattle | $98,946 |
| Designer I | Seattle | $49,546 |
| Network Engineer I | Seattle | $92,186 |
| Product Marketing II | Seattle | $133,619 |
| Sales Operations III | Seattle | $132,400 |
| Manager III, Inventory Planning | Seattle | $77,771 |
| Software Development Engineer II | Seattle | $163,000 |
| Senior Technical Product Manager | Seattle | $155,000 |
| Financial Analyst III - MBA | Seattle | $130,000 |
| General Marketing II | San Francisco | $71,240 |
| UX Designer III | San Francisco | $90,348 |
| Product Manager III, Tech | San Francisco | $201,968 |
| Hardware Development Engineer I | San Francisco | $72,218 |
| Principal Tech Program Manager | San Francisco | $201,968 |
