System Admin/Engineer II at Amazon
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does Amazon pay a System Admin/Engineer II on an H-1B?
$120k Amazon has filed 132 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of System Admin/Engineer II with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $120k. Most of those filings fall between $110k and $142k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
132
Median base salary
$120k
Middle 50%
$110k to $142k
Filings and pay by year
System Admin/Engineer II at Amazon, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 21 | $120k |
| FY2025 | 30 | $115k |
| FY2024 | 24 | $133k |
| FY2023 | 18 | $135k |
| FY2022 | 22 | $112k |
| FY2021 | 4 | $76k |
| FY2020 | 1 | $127k |
| FY2019 | 1 | $103k |
| FY2018 | 10 | $118k |
| FY2017 | 1 | $108k |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle, WA | 54 | $117k |
| Herndon, VA | 13 | $115k |
| Austin, TX | 12 | $116k |
| Arlington, VA | 11 | $115k |
| Bellevue, WA | 6 | $118k |
| Dallas, TX | 6 | $150k |
| Portland, OR | 5 | $76k |
| Denver, CO | 4 | $137k |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 4 | $174k |
| Jersey City, NJ | 2 | $111k |
| New York, NY | 2 | $101k |
| North Reading, MA | 2 | $144k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 1 | $102k |
| Level II | 127 | $120k |
| Level III | 2 | $115k |
| Level IV | 1 | $142k |
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