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Amazon H-1B Filings Confirm Base Salaries Reach $263,700 for Software Engineers

They underscore Amazon’s effort to attract global talent as it accelerates its AI-driven hiring push.

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Amazon H-1B filings show software engineers from India can earn up to $263,700 in the US
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Overview

  • Amazon filed roughly 11,300 H-1B visas for foreign technical and business roles in the first quarter of 2025.
  • The filings reveal base pay ceilings of $263,700 for software development engineers, $230,900 for data scientists and $235,200 for technical product managers.
  • Mandatory H-1B disclosures have provided new transparency into Amazon’s structured pay bands for foreign hires in the U.S.
  • Compensation packages are determined by role, level, location and performance and are routinely reviewed to stay competitive.
  • CEO Andy Jassy issued a June memo urging employees to experiment with AI as Amazon retools performance metrics and hiring priorities.