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-19169-19547 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Austin, TX Oct 28, 2019
A-19128-02384 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 28, 2019
A-19123-00692 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 28, 2019
A-19190-28008 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 24, 2019
A-19230-45693 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 24, 2019
A-19226-44349 Engagement ManagerCertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 24, 2019
A-19182-25812 Senior Program ManagerCertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 23, 2019
A-19134-04731 Software Development Engineer IIWithdrawn Seattle, WA Oct 23, 2019
A-19158-15130 Technical Program ManagerCertified - Expired New York, NY Oct 22, 2019
A-19136-05915 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 22, 2019
A-19135-05246 Support Engineer IVCertified - Expired Dallas, TX Oct 22, 2019
A-19130-03568 Support Engineer IVCertified - Expired Dallas, TX Oct 22, 2019
A-19038-70905 Senior Solutions ArchitectCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Oct 18, 2019
A-19226-44039 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 18, 2019
A-19134-04726 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 17, 2019
A-19218-40618 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 11, 2019
A-19168-18949 Support Engineer IVCertified - Expired Dallas, TX Oct 11, 2019
A-19197-31816 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 11, 2019
A-19143-09009 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 11, 2019
A-19157-14561 Software Development Engineer IICertified - Expired Seattle, WA Oct 9, 2019

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