Online retail giant Amazon is known for its ability to get customers almost any product they want. And while making that happen, their employees are paid handsomely at the top tiers of the company, based on total compensation, including bonuses and stocks. Business Insider put together a list of the top positions by pay.
According to the article, which cited a Coins2Day interview, CEO Jeff Bezos said the following:
“We pay very low cash compensation relative to most companies,” Bezos told Coins2Day in 2012, but Amazon does still offer some employees juicy compensation packages through restricted stock units.
Here are five of the top positions by pay, according to Glassdoor salary information.
1. Software engineering director:
Total compensation: $513,834
Base salary: $161,973
2. Principal technical program director:
Total compensation: $329,114
Base salary: $ 159,213
3. Principal software engineer:
Total compensation: $328,713
Base salary: $158,873
4. Senior software development manager:
Total compensation: $299,210
Base salary: $154,782
5. Corporate counsel
Total compensation: $266,074
Base salary: $174,049
