Amazon H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

#1 H-1B sponsor of 59,424

H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Big tech & cloud · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026

Does Amazon sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. Amazon has filed 147,526 H-1B LCAs and 35,649 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor since FY2017, most recently 23,238 in FY2025 at a $153k median base salary, about 29% above the national H-1B median.

Open jobs at AmazonBrowse & apply →

Median base pay (H-1B)

$153k

FY2025

$130k–$179k typical

Pay vs market

+29%

above national H-1B median

vs $119k in FY2025

Green-card (PERM)

35,649

FY2017–2026

$107k median wage

99.8% certified

H-1B pay & filings by year

Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year

Wage floor & filing outcomes

The DOL-required prevailing wage (the legal floor, not actual pay), skill levels, and LCA decisions

Median prevailing wage

$110k

DOL legal floor, not actual pay

Offered median $142k

Wage levels

Level I33,218Level II71,627Level III31,049Level IV4,278

LCA decisions

Certified144,100Withdrawn3,222Denied204

Roles they sponsor

Top occupations (SOC) · click to search

Software Developers69,647 Computer and Information Systems Managers10,486 Operations Research Analysts9,292 Business Intelligence Analysts7,789 Computer and Information Research Scientists5,374 Information Technology Project Managers4,057 Statisticians3,672 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers2,801

Where they hire

By city

By state

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †

How they get sponsored

Visa held when the green card (PERM) was filed

H-1B25,335L-14,274F-13,796TN1,235E-3317H-4117O-1100H-1B182

What this means → Green-card paths

Worker backgrounds

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from · FY2017–2024

Countries of citizenship

India21,067China8,489Canada1,436Mexico452Taiwan383Australia362South Korea286Brazil244Nigeria142Pakistan142

Top schools

University of Southern California1,136The University of Texas at Dallas774Northeastern University686Arizona State University597Carnegie Mellon University587New York University503North Carolina State University430University of Florida397San Jose State University357State University of New York at Buffalo330

Fields of study

Computer Science11,241Computer Engineering4,502Electrical Engineering3,085Business Administration2,029Information Systems1,471Information Technology1,058Electrical & Computer Engineering1,020Software Engineering788

Degrees

Master's24,871Bachelor's8,983Doctorate1,110None548Other55High School1