Archive · 24 Jul 2025
Amazon Salaries and Layoffs in 2025: Key Facts Revealed
Amazon, a big tech company, pays its employees different salaries depending on their jobs and experience.
In early 2025, they hired many foreign workers with special visas.
Software engineers could earn up to $263,700.
The company's sales are growing, but they also had to let some employees go from their cloud computing division.
These layoffs happened after the CEO mentioned that new AI tools might mean needing fewer workers.
Amazon currently has about 1.6 million workers worldwide.
Amazon hired over 11,000 H-1B workers in Q1 2025, with salaries up to $263,700 for software engineers.
Amazon employs around 1.6 million full- and part-time employees globally.
Salaries vary based on role, experience, location, and performance.
AWS sales rose 17% in Q1 2025, reaching $29.3 billion.
Amazon laid off at least hundreds of employees in its AWS cloud computing division.
- Who
- Amazon and its employees.
- What
- Amazon's hiring and compensation practices, including recent layoffs.
- When
- Q1 2025, and the week of July 24, 2025.
- Where
- United States.
- Why
- To provide insight into Amazon's compensation structure and workforce adjustments.
Company Actions
Employee Outlook
Layoffs
Company Actions
Focus on streamlining operations and adapting to new technologies.
Employee Outlook
Potential for negative impact on affected employees and their families.
- H-1B Hires (Q1 2025)
- 11,300
- Global Employees
- 1.6 million
- Software Engineer Salary (max)
- $263,700
- AWS Sales (Q1 2025)
- $29.3 billion
- AWS Layoffs
- At least hundreds of employees