AWS jobs with salary
How much do AWS jobs pay?
18,226 open tech jobs at 4,174 companies ask for AWS. 9,662 of them (53%) show the pay. The median posted base pay is $193K a year, from the 8,518 jobs with a yearly range in US dollars. The middle half of these jobs is from $162K to $223K. The numbers come from the companies' own job postings on Nov 10, 2026. They show base pay only, without stock or a bonus.
Companies with the most AWS jobs with posted pay
| Company | Jobs with posted pay | Median posted base pay |
|---|---|---|
| Capital One | 584 | $221K |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 247 | $189K |
| Accenture Federal Services | 148 | $152K |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 146 | $184K |
| Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. | 124 | $179K |
| Databricks | 95 | $214K |
| Deloitte | 78 | $157K |
| Careers Peraton | 70 | $146K |
| Palo Alto Networks | 58 | $205K |
| Anduril Industries | 57 | $192K |
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How much do AWS jobs pay?
The median posted base pay for open jobs that ask for AWS is $193K a year. The middle half of these jobs is from $162K to $223K. The numbers come from 8,518 jobs with a yearly range in US dollars.
Which companies hire for AWS and post the pay?
The companies with the most open AWS jobs with posted pay are Capital One, Amazon Web Services, Inc., Accenture Federal Services, Amazon.com Services LLC, Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc..
Which job types ask for AWS?
Software engineering (8,002 jobs), Infra, platform & SRE (4,486 jobs), ML / AI engineering (3,341 jobs). One job can have more than one job type.
How do we know that a job asks for AWS?
We read the text of each job. A job is in this list when its text names AWS. The text can name a skill as a requirement or as a plus, so read the job before you apply.
A skill page needs 50 or more open jobs that name the skill, and 20 or more of them with a yearly posted range in US dollars. The median uses the middle point of each posted range. We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom.
