Amazon Web Services salaries revealed: See how much engineers, analysts and hundreds of other employees at the cloud computing subsidiary make in 2022

Amazon Web Services, the longstanding leader in cloud computing, is still staffing up to keep its cloud business on top of rivals Microsoft and Google.

Building on the growth of its business during the pandemic, when companies rushed to the cloud to support remote work, AWS has mostly maintained that momentum: The cloud unit grew 36.5% year over year last quarter, and brought in $18.44 billion in revenue. 

The recent market downturn and fears of a recession have affected companies' IT budgets, and some data shows that cloud spend on Amazon, Microsoft, and Google fell in April.

Hiring tech talent is essential for AWS to keep up the quality of its cloud services and build its portfolio of products, expand its business into new industries, and support customers as they transition from data centers to the cloud.

Although AWS does not share how much it pays employees, it is required to disclose salary offers in work-visa applications submitted to the US Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Insider combed data from that office, which authorizes hiring non-US employees and then publicly releases the data.

Notably, the data does not include stock grants that can significantly increase total compensation, but it is a valuable guide to what AWS pays in base salary for a variety of positions. Insider sorted through the hundreds of disclosed salaries that represent engineers, product managers, and more, to find out what the cloud giant is paying now.

The analyzed salaries from the first quarter of 2022 mainly represent workers in Washington state, Texas and California. The highest-paid person in the data set was a technical product manager in California who was offered $193,731, while the lowest-paid person was an external support engineer in Washington state who was offered $54,850. The broad categories are taken from filings by the Office of Foreign Labor Certification, and roles are listed below only if there were at least three candidates.

When you're done checking out the data below, take a look at Insider's Big Tech salary database to see how much Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and other companies pay their workers.

Here's a breakdown of what AWS pays its developers, product managers, analysts, and other key roles in 2022:

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Developers: AWS software and system engineers are paid up to $185,000, including senior software development managers.

• IT App Development Engineer I: $67,995 to $125,000
• IT App Development Engineer II: $91,874 to $150,000
• Manager II, Software Development: $127,629 to $167,700
• Manager III, Software Development: $130,894 to $185,000
• Software Development Engineer I: $66,144 to $175,000
• Software Development Engineer II: $90,750 to $180,000
• Software Development Engineer III: $112,861 to $185,000
• System Development Engineer II: $90,397 to $156,000

Engineers: AWS engineers in security, enterprise, and business are paid up to $185,000.

• Security Engineer I: $128,000 to $135,000
• Enterprise Act Engineer I: $67,995 to $102,346
• Enterprise Act Engineer II: $75,629 to $160,000
• Enterprise Act Engineer III: $89,045 to $185,000
• Technical Business Developer III: $104,374 to $176,500

Support engineers: The highest-paid support engineer at AWS makes up to $142,800 and focuses on cloud.

• Support Engineer I — External: $58,094 to $119,350
• Support Engineer II — External: $71,573 to $120,000
• Support Engineer III: $79,914 to $104,291
• Cloud Support Engineer II: $102,700 to $142,800

Data science and engineers: A level II data engineer at AWS earns as much as $175,800.

• Data Engineer I: $77,189 to $130,000
• Data Engineer II: $91,021 to $175,800
• Data Scientist II: $91,021 to $150,480
• Manager III, Data Engineering: $104,832 to $159,000

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Scientists: A level III scientist at AWS earns up to $185,000.

• Applied Scientist I: $81,307 to $182,000
• Applied Scientist II: $113,277 to $130,800
• Applied Scientist III: $117,520 to $185,000

Program and product managers: The highest-paid program manager is a level II and earns up to $173,523.

• Program Manager II: $88,275 to $140,000
• Product Manager II: $89,107 to $172,000
• Product Manager III - Technical - MBA: $99,008 to $144,000
• Technical Program Manager II: $75,858 to $173,523
• Technical Program Manager III: $152,277 to $160,000

Solutions architects: AWS solutions architects can make as much as $185,000.

• Solutions Architect I: $77,189 to $97,760
• Solutions Architect II: $73,944 to $185,000
• Solutions Architect III: $94,806 to $185,000

Professional services: The highest-paid professional services employee at AWS makes up to $185,000.

• Professional Services I: $50,586 to $148,900
• Professional Services II: $75,338 to $183,000
• Professional Services III: $94,806 to $185,000

Business analysts: An AWS engineer who focuses on business intelligence is paid up to $140,000.

• Business Analyst I: $79,760 to $95,000
• Business Analyst II: $78,562 to $125,000
• Business Intelligence Engineer I: $58,094 to $115,046
• Business Intelligence Engineer II: $78,562 to $140,000

Sales analysts and operations: The highest-paid sales operations employee makes as much as $155,000.

• Sales Analyst I: $62,982 to $79,437
• Sales Operations I: $72,155 to $105,000
• Sales Operations II: $88,275 to $137,500
• Sales Operations III: $113,755 to $155,000