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Amazon Leo Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer Salary

Amazon Leo's 13 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers post a median $169k/yr, typically $169k–$237k/yr, from 13 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Amazon Leo role
median $169k/yr
Amazon Leo's data scientists and machine learning engineers: level with it
Data scientists and machine learning engineers at every space company
median $163k/yr
Amazon Leo: 4% above it
All US data scientists, May 2025
median $120k/yr
Amazon Leo's postings: 41% above it
Highest posted top
$262k/yr
Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo - Developer Productivity, AI, Test and Simulation

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Amazon Leo data scientist or machine learning engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II1Too few figures
Senior3$198k/yr$197k–$255k/yr
Manager2Too few figures
Title names no level7$169k/yr$160k–$194k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where Amazon Leo hires data scientists and machine learning engineers

  • Redmond, WA12 roles, median $169k/yr
  • Arlington, VA1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 17:02 UTC

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Questions about Amazon Leo pay for data scientists and machine learning engineers

How much does Amazon Leo pay data scientists and machine learning engineers?

Amazon Leo's open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers post a median $169k/yr, typically $169k–$237k/yr, from 13 distinct pay figures in 13 of its 13 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $262k/yr, for Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo - Developer Productivity, AI, Test and Simulation.

What does Amazon Leo pay data scientists and machine learning engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $198k/yr (3 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Amazon Leo pay data scientists and machine learning engineers more than other space companies?

Amazon Leo's median, $169k/yr, is 4% above the $163k/yr median of the 366 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers at every space company we read (Amazon Leo's among them).

Do data scientists and machine learning engineers earn more than other roles at Amazon Leo?

Amazon Leo's roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers post a median $169k/yr, level with the $169k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Amazon Leo salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Amazon Leo's pay for data scientists and machine learning engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of data scientists at $120k/yr (May 2025); Amazon Leo's posted median, $169k/yr, is 41% above it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.

Where does Amazon Leo hire data scientists and machine learning engineers?

Its open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers are in Redmond, WA (12) and Arlington, VA (1).