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Amazon SageMaker jobs: demand and pay (October 2026)
331 open data & AI postings at 206 companies mention Amazon SageMaker, or 2.5% of all data & AI postings we track (as of October 18, 2026).
2.5%share of data & AI postings
206companies hiring
$198Kmedian pay, US (n=109)
—week over week (needs more history)
Amazon SageMaker pay by level
| Level (from title) | Median pay | Postings with pay (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Entry / junior | — | 1 |
| Mid (II) | — | 3 |
| Senior | $202K | 36 |
| Staff / lead | $230K | 20 |
| Principal | $205K | 11 |
| Manager | — | 8 |
| Director+ | — | 4 |
| Level not stated | $161K | 26 |
Median of the published range midpoint, US postings in USD, annualized. Shown only when n ≥ 10; “—” means fewer.
Roles that ask for Amazon SageMaker
| Role | Postings | % of that role |
|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Engineer | 154 | 7.8% |
| AI Engineer | 61 | 1.6% |
| Data Scientist | 38 | 2.5% |
| Data & AI leadership | 24 | 2.3% |
| Data Architect | 23 | 5.8% |
| Data Engineer | 19 | 1.1% |
| AI Research Scientist | 7 | 1.6% |
| Data Analyst | 2 | 0.2% |
| Data Governance & Quality | 2 | 0.9% |
| Analytics Engineer | 1 | 0.3% |
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How it's measured: a posting counts if its title or description matches the Amazon SageMaker patterns in our taxonomy. Postings by the vendor itself are excluded. See the methodology.