Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Retail Trade · Primarily WA · PERM filings 2021–2026

#39 top sponsor

Overview

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is a Retail Trade employer that has filed 1,622 PERM green-card applications between FY2021 and FY2026. That places it #39 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 637 were certified (39.3% approval rate), taking about 286 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in WA, and the median sponsored wage is $143,700.

1,622

PERM filings

39.3%

approval

2

denied

$143,700

median wage

286d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 1,620 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (56%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India912
  • China528
  • Canada32
  • South Korea21
  • Taiwan19
  • Vietnam14
  • Brazil7
  • Ukraine6
  • Nigeria6
  • Russia5

Prior visa status

  • H-1B1,233
  • F-1220
  • L-1125
  • TN26
  • Not in USA4
  • H-43
  • H-1B12
  • J-12

Education

  • Master's1,280
  • Bachelor's297
  • Doctorate35
  • None8

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Systems Software 1,003 $126,671
Software Developers 252 $154,298
Software Developers, Applications 151 $157,112
Computer and Information Systems Managers 40 $181,187
Computer Occupations, All Other 37 $155,793
Statisticians 33 $145,314
Information Security Analysts 24 $153,987
Information Technology Project Managers 19 $115,948
Computer Systems Analysts 17 $137,390
Graphic Designers 10 $97,102

Common job titles

Software Development Engineer II 1,173 Software Development Engineer III 101 Front-End Engineer II 38 Software Dev Engineer II 26 Manager III, Software Development 26 System Development Engineer II 21 Software Development Engineer 15 Technical Program Manager III 14 Applied Scientist II 14 Security Engineer II 13 Product Manager, Technical III - External Svcs 13 Technical Program Manager 12

Worksite states

WA 1,141 CA 230 VA 91 MA 71 NY 42 TX 35 CO 4 NJ 3 MN 2 MD 2

Wage range

$113,110

25th

$143,700

median

$143,998

75th

$168,709

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP1,279
  • Berry Appleman Leiden LLP184
  • Farrell LLP120
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, and Loewy, LLP19
  • Berry Appleman and Leiden LLP5
  • Berry Appleman and Leiden, LLP3

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22203-92897 Software Development Engineer IIIWithdrawn East Palo Alto, CA May 3, 2023
A-22202-92228 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22203-92976 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22203-92946 Software Development Engineer IIICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22203-92930 Software Development Engineer IIICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22203-92929 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22200-90757 Software Dev Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22199-89966 Software Dev Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22199-89871 Software Dev Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22199-89698 Software Dev Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22196-88931 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22195-88244 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22193-87049 Software Dev Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 2, 2023
A-22165-71763 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 1, 2023
A-22164-70455 Software Development Engineer IIICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 1, 2023
A-22162-70238 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 1, 2023
A-22203-93499 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA Apr 28, 2023
A-22158-67744 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA Apr 26, 2023
A-22207-94804 Software Development Engineer IIWithdrawn Seattle, WA Apr 25, 2023
A-22179-79482 Software Development Engineer IIICertified - Expired East Palo Alto, CA Apr 25, 2023

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.