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Amazon Leo Systems Engineer Salary

Amazon Leo's 38 open roles for systems engineers post a median $176k/yr, typically $152k–$222k/yr, from 38 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 systems engineers: 4% above it
Systems engineers at every space company
median $152k/yr
Amazon Leo: 16% above it
Highest posted top
$250k/yr
Sr. RF and Wireless Systems Engineer, Amazon Leo Digital RF Systems

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 systems engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II1Too few figures
Senior13$178k/yr$178k–$215k/yr
Lead3$178k/yr$178k–$205k/yr
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Manager2Too few figures
Senior manager1Too few figures
Title names no level17$152k/yr$152k–$205k/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 systems engineers

  • Redmond, WA22 roles, median $165k/yr
  • Austin, TX8 roles, median $178k/yr
  • Northridge, CA4 roles, median $165k/yr
  • Bellevue, WA2 roles
  • El Segundo, CA1 role
  • San Diego, CA1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about Amazon Leo pay for systems engineers

How much does Amazon Leo pay systems engineers?

Amazon Leo's open roles for systems engineers post a median $176k/yr, typically $152k–$222k/yr, from 38 distinct pay figures in 38 of its 38 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 $250k/yr, for Sr. RF and Wireless Systems Engineer, Amazon Leo Digital RF Systems.

What does Amazon Leo pay systems engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $178k/yr (13 roles); lead: a median $178k/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 systems engineers more than other space companies?

Amazon Leo's median, $176k/yr, is 16% above the $152k/yr median of the 1,199 open roles for systems engineers at every space company we read (Amazon Leo's among them).

Do systems engineers earn more than other roles at Amazon Leo?

Amazon Leo's roles for systems engineers post a median $176k/yr, 4% above the $169k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Amazon Leo salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Amazon Leo hire systems engineers?

Its open roles for systems engineers are in Redmond, WA (22), Austin, TX (8), Northridge, CA (4), Bellevue, WA (2) and El Segundo, CA (1). By place, they post a median of $165k/yr in Redmond, WA, $178k/yr in Austin, TX and $165k/yr in Northridge, CA.