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-21180-09337 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Feb 8, 2022
A-21181-10729 Professional Services III (Cloud Application Architect)Certified - Expired Chicago, IL Feb 8, 2022
A-21181-10136 Enterprise Account Engineer IIICertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Feb 8, 2022
A-21180-09328 Enterprise Account Engineer IIICertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Feb 8, 2022
A-21181-10851 Professional Services ICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Feb 8, 2022
A-21134-86579 Business Intelligence Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Feb 7, 2022
A-21230-33150 Cloud Support Engineer II (SCD, NET, SEC)Certified - Expired Herndon, VA Feb 7, 2022
A-21223-30386 Cloud Support Engineer II (SCD, NET, SEC)Certified - Expired Dallas, TX Feb 7, 2022
A-21232-34158 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Feb 7, 2022
A-21232-34124 Professional Services IICertified - Expired Dallas, TX Feb 7, 2022
A-21229-32804 Professional Services IICertified - Expired Dallas, TX Feb 7, 2022
A-21223-30083 Enterprise Account Engineer IIICertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Feb 7, 2022
A-21197-18734 Professional Services III - Data Architect, NoSQLCertified - Expired Seattle, WA Feb 4, 2022
A-21179-08426 Software Development Engineer IIDenied Seattle, WA Feb 4, 2022
A-21213-25459 Cloud Support Engineer II (Windows)Certified - Expired Herndon, VA Feb 3, 2022
A-21211-24709 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Feb 3, 2022
A-21211-24701 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Feb 3, 2022
A-21215-26268 Cloud Support Engineer II (Linux)Certified - Expired Seattle, WA Jan 31, 2022
A-21208-22806 Cloud Support Engineer IICertified - Expired Dallas, TX Jan 31, 2022
A-21197-18405 Cloud Support Engineer II (SCD, NET, SEC)Certified - Expired Dallas, TX Jan 31, 2022

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