Operations Engineer III at Amazon
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does Amazon pay a Operations Engineer III on an H-1B?
$125k Amazon has filed 201 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Operations Engineer III with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $125k. Most of those filings fall between $120k and $140k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
201
Median base salary
$125k
Middle 50%
$120k to $140k
Filings and pay by year
Operations Engineer III at Amazon, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 21 | $125k |
| FY2025 | 30 | $130k |
| FY2024 | 46 | $126k |
| FY2023 | 42 | $123k |
| FY2022 | 24 | $125k |
| FY2021 | 21 | $135k |
| FY2020 | 8 | $128k |
| FY2019 | 6 | $118k |
| FY2018 | 1 | $104k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $88k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
Where this work is
Work locations named on the filings, most common first
| Location | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Bellevue, WA | 61 | $126k |
| Seattle, WA | 21 | $120k |
| Nashville, TN | 14 | $117k |
| Austin, TX | 12 | $130k |
| New York, NY | 8 | $128k |
| Houston, TX | 5 | $130k |
| Boston, MA | 4 | $85k |
| Irving, TX | 4 | $120k |
| Phoenix, AZ | 4 | $131k |
| Sumner, WA | 4 | $140k |
| Kyle, TX | 3 | $82k |
| Robbinsville, NJ | 3 | $110k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level II | 6 | $104k |
| Level III | 174 | $125k |
| Level IV | 16 | $124k |
Other roles Amazon sponsors
Software Development Engineer II 24,400Software Development Engineer I 15,703Software Development Engineer III 5,665Software Dev Engineer II 4,924Software Dev Engineer I 3,792Manager III, Software Development 3,607Business Intelligence Engineer II 3,596Applied Scientist II 3,573Data Engineer II 2,864Technical Program Manager III 2,668Quality Assurance Engineer II 2,083Program Manager III 1,982