Median salary
$169,056
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$140k – $200k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
33.6%
392 of 1,166 roles
Live roles
1,166
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch Engineering
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)
Security Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 28 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 26 |
Crusoe
|
$151,250 | 22 |
TP-Link Systems Inc.
|
$170,000 | 8 |
LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC
|
$140,000 | 8 |
Illumio
|
$198,250 | 6 |
ClickHouse
|
$174,500 | 6 |
Esri
|
$113,360 | 6 |
AWS salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $225,000 | 44 |
| Atlanta | $222,500 | 5 |
| Seattle | $196,000 | 13 |
| Austin | $187,500 | 13 |
| New York | $183,000 | 36 |
| Boston | $181,000 | 8 |
| Los Angeles | $170,000 | 17 |
| Chicago | $170,000 | 5 |
| Denver | $156,250 | 6 |
| Toronto | $140,000 | 12 |
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How much do AWS roles pay?
The median salary for AWS roles is $169,056 per year. Most pay falls between $140,000 (25th percentile) and $200,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $105,586 to $232,300.
These figures are computed live from 1,166 active AWS roles on JobsRadar, of which 392 (33.6%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid AWS roles include Tenstorrent, OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.