Amazon Data Engineer Salary

Amazon Data Engineer SalaryAmazon Data Engineer Salary

How much is the average Amazon data engineer salary?

Interview Query gathered more than 1,000 Amazon salaries to build our estimates. In most tech companies, there are two ways to evaluate compensation:

  • Base salary: This is your normal yearly earnings, which are typically paid bi-weekly or monthly.
  • Total compensation (TC): This is total earnings, including bonuses and stocks / equity.

Here’s a look at average Amazon data engineer salaries:

$123,457

Average Base Salary

$165,415

Average Total Compensation

Min: $75K
Max: $160K
Base Salary
Median: $126K
Mean (Average): $123K
Data points: 3,135
Min: $13K
Max: $296K
Total Compensation
Median: $169K
Mean (Average): $165K
Data points: 153

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Normalized Amazon Data Engineer Salaries

These Amazon data engineer salary numbers are also compared against a dataset of data engineers that work at similar FAANG companies and hot tech startups. We can see that, generally, Amazon pays slightly above other tech companies.

However, when comparing total compensation, Amazon data engineers are in the top 70%. That’s due in part to the performance of Amazon stock compensation for its data engineers.


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The average base salary for Data Engineer at Amazon is in the top 68% compared to all other companies salaries.

The average base salary for Data Engineer at Amazon is $123,457 while the average Data Engineer base salary is $107,307.

If we normalize the salaries at Amazon by the cost of living, then the average base salary for Data Engineer at Amazon is in the top 61% compared to all other companies.

If we normalize the salaries at Amazon by the years of experience, then the average base salary for Data Engineer at Amazon is in the top 49% compared to all other companies.

Amazon Data Engineer Salary by Seniority Levels

Seniority can increase the pay of data engineers significantly at Amazon.

Here are the Amazon data engineering base salaries plotted by seniority and compared against other data engineers in tech companies. It’s clear that Amazon maxes out base salary at around $150K, and although base salary for Amazon data engineer managers appears lower, the overall total compensation is much higher.

$91K
$160K
Manager
Median: $138K
Mean (Average): $133K
Data points: 6
$104K
$196K
Senior
Median: $150K
Mean (Average): $150K
Data points: 91
$91K
$160K
Mid-Level
Median: $132K
Mean (Average): $130K
Data points: 2,154
$71K
$136K
Entry Level
Median: $112K
Mean (Average): $109K
Data points: 8

Amazon Data Engineer Salary Compared to other Positions

Typically, data engineers earn base salaries below only a few data science positions. At Amazon, it appears base salaries tend to be comparable to data analysts. However, total compensation brings the average earnings much more in line with industry norms.

Data engineers are one of the highest-earning positions at Amazon in terms of total compensation, behind data scientists, product managers, software engineers, research scientists, and machine learning engineers.

$84K
$192K
Machine Learning Engineer
Median: $150K
Mean (Average): $147K
Data points: 205
$100K
$185K
Product Manager
Median: $150K
Mean (Average): $146K
Data points: 1,849
$77K
$185K
Software Engineer
Median: $143K
Mean (Average): $137K
Data points: 11,033
$72K
$180K
Data Scientist
Median: $142K
Mean (Average): $135K
Data points: 3,133
$84K
$167K
Research Scientist
Median: $135K
Mean (Average): $131K
Data points: 739
$75K
$182K
Growth Marketing Analyst
Median: $134K
Mean (Average): $130K
Data points: 85
$60K
$184K
Data Analyst
Median: $126K
Mean (Average): $125K
Data points: 19
$75K
$160K
Data Engineer
Median: $126K
Mean (Average): $123K
Data points: 3,135
$73K
$150K
Business Intelligence
Median: $117K
Mean (Average): $114K
Data points: 2,690
$54K
$130K
Business Analyst
Median: $90K
Mean (Average): $90K
Data points: 1,839

Most data science positions fall under different position titles depending on the actual role.

From the graph we can see that on average the Machine Learning Engineer role pays the most with a $146,766 base salary while the Business Analyst role on average pays the least with a $90,192 base salary.

Top Cities for Amazon Data Engineer Salaries

Salary data is likely skewed towards high cost of living cities such as the Bay Area, New York, and Seattle where most Amazon data engineers work. However, salaries are above average in other emerging large U.S. including Atlanta and Washington, D.C. (although it is a small sample size).

$148K
$159K
Atlanta, GA
Median: $150K
Mean (Average): $152K
Data points: 5
$81K
$162K
Austin, TX
Median: $141K
Mean (Average): $135K
Data points: 116
$79K
$185K
San Francisco, CA
Median: $137K
Mean (Average): $134K
Data points: 252
$73K
$175K
New York, NY
Median: $136K
Mean (Average): $132K
Data points: 130
$86K
$160K
Chicago, IL
Median: $130K
Mean (Average): $131K
Data points: 20
$83K
$160K
Dallas, TX
Median: $130K
Mean (Average): $130K
Data points: 86
$61K
$155K
Phoenix, AZ
Median: $145K
Mean (Average): $124K
Data points: 27
$73K
$156K
Washington, DC
Median: $126K
Mean (Average): $124K
Data points: 112
$82K
$155K
Seattle, WA
Median: $125K
Mean (Average): $124K
Data points: 1,993
$110K
$126K
Ann Arbor, MI
Median: $125K
Mean (Average): $120K
Data points: 7
$68K
$160K
Los Angeles, CA
Median: $120K
Mean (Average): $118K
Data points: 40
$91K
$153K
Vancouver, Canada
Median: $115K
Mean (Average): $117K
Data points: 6
$75K
$160K
San Diego, CA
Median: $83K
Mean (Average): $112K
Data points: 17
$51K
$152K
Portland, OR
Median: $139K
Mean (Average): $112K
Data points: 44
$78K
$152K
Boston, MA
Median: $105K
Mean (Average): $110K
Data points: 103

The Data Engineer salary in Singapore, Singapore is the highest paying salary with a $214,000 average base salary. The Data Engineer salary in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale Area is the lowest paying salary with $44,851 average base salary.

Amazon Data Engineer Salary Compared to other Companies

Compared to other FAANG companies, Amazon data engineers earn the lowest. Netflix offers the best starting FAANG salary for data engineers at $287,000, while Google is the closest at $148,000.

$135K
$600K
Netflix
Median: $171K
Mean (Average): $287K
Data points: 65
$159K
$251K
Stitch Fix
Median: $235K
Mean (Average): $218K
Data points: 11
$172K
$220K
Pepsico
Median: $220K
Mean (Average): $202K
Data points: 5
$167K
$299K
Roku Inc.
Median: $181K
Mean (Average): $201K
Data points: 24
$146K
$220K
Airbnb
Median: $190K
Mean (Average): $186K
Data points: 16
$131K
$235K
Lyft
Median: $183K
Mean (Average): $185K
Data points: 16
$160K
$241K
Tiktok
Median: $170K
Mean (Average): $184K
Data points: 6
$166K
$207K
Doordash
Median: $180K
Mean (Average): $183K
Data points: 7
$150K
$243K
Nutanix
Median: $171K
Mean (Average): $181K
Data points: 8
$129K
$236K
Nvidia
Median: $172K
Mean (Average): $179K
Data points: 8
$150K
$195K
Compass
Median: $170K
Mean (Average): $172K
Data points: 7
$131K
$195K
Instacart
Median: $180K
Mean (Average): $169K
Data points: 9
$134K
$220K
Digisight Technologies, Inc.
Median: $160K
Mean (Average): $169K
Data points: 8
$138K
$201K
Bloomberg Lp
Median: $163K
Mean (Average): $166K
Data points: 13
$75K
$160K
Amazon
Median: $126K
Mean (Average): $123K
Data points: 3,135

The Data Engineer at Trend Micro salary is the highest paying salary with a $930,000 average base salary. The Data Engineer at Kpmg salary is the lowest paying salary with $42,000 average base salary.