Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Retail Trade · Primarily WA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#10 top sponsor

Overview

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is a Retail Trade employer that has filed 3,832 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #10 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 2,170 were certified (56.6% approval rate), taking about 239 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in WA, and the median sponsored wage is $113,381.

3,832

PERM filings

56.6%

approval

8

denied

$113,381

median wage

239d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 3,826 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (76%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India2,897
  • China454
  • Canada78
  • Brazil50
  • Nigeria38
  • Mexico31
  • Australia25
  • South Korea21
  • Taiwan20
  • South Africa17

Prior visa status

  • H-1B3,128
  • L-1286
  • F-1268
  • TN64
  • E-317
  • H-415
  • Not in USA14
  • L-24

Education

  • Master's2,521
  • Bachelor's1,161
  • None83
  • Doctorate49
  • Other12

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Amazon Web Services, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Systems Software 1,407 $120,794
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 448 $86,914
Software Developers, Applications 379 $126,353
Computer Systems Analysts 276 $121,219
Software Developers 196 $154,251
Computer Network Support Specialists 165 $72,227
Sales Engineers 111 $130,099
Statisticians 103 $99,470
Computer Occupations, All Other 82 $132,118
Computer and Information Systems Managers 74 $160,817

Common job titles

Software Development Engineer II 847 Solutions Architect III 340 Professional Services II 319 Support Engineer IV 198 Enterprise Account Engineer III 172 Solutions Architect II 164 Cloud Support Engineer II (DBA, ANA, BD) 113 Cloud Support Engineer II (Deployment, DMS) 106 CLOUD SUPPORT ENGINEER II 85 Enterprise Account Engineer II 76 Professional Services III 70 Cloud Support Engineer II (SCD, NET, SEC) 70

Worksite states

WA 1,655 TX 647 VA 467 CA 411 NY 256 MA 79 OR 71 GA 51 IL 43 NJ 37

Wage range

$93,800

25th

$113,381

median

$143,700

75th

$153,920

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP2,062
  • Berry Appleman Leiden LLP806
  • Farrell LLP349
  • de Lint LLP237
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, and Loewy LLP207
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, and Loewy, LLP91

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-21263-46803 Professional Services IICertified - Expired Herndon, VA May 12, 2022
A-21257-43730 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 12, 2022
A-21253-42333 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 12, 2022
A-21243-38073 Professional Services IICertified - Expired Herndon, VA May 12, 2022
A-21202-20171 Solutions Architect IIICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 12, 2022
A-21244-38645 Enterprise Account Engineer IICertified - Expired New York, NY May 12, 2022
A-21181-10203 Security Engineer IICertified - Expired Arlington, VA May 12, 2022
A-21257-43764 Solutions ArchitectCertified - Expired Chicago, IL May 12, 2022
A-21256-43089 Research Scientist IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 12, 2022
A-21255-42934 Research Scientist IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 12, 2022
A-21255-42931 Research Scientist IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 12, 2022
A-21263-47127 Principal Tech Business DevelopmentCertified - Expired Chicago, IL May 12, 2022
A-21238-36565 Professional Services IIICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 11, 2022
A-21230-32908 SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT IIICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 11, 2022
A-21230-32906 SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT IIICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 11, 2022
A-21225-31020 Software Development Engineer IIICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 11, 2022
A-21223-29877 Solutions Architect IIICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 11, 2022
A-21218-28112 Enterprise Account Engineer IICertified - Expired SANTA MONICA, CA May 11, 2022
A-21209-23550 Professional Services IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 11, 2022
A-21207-22245 Solutions Architect IIICertified - Expired Seattle, WA May 11, 2022

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