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Here are the 5 top-paying jobs at Amazon

One position pays over $500,000.

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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 Fortune interview, CEO Jeff Bezos said the following:

“We pay very low cash compensation relative to most companies,” Bezos told Fortune in 2012, but Amazon does still offer some employees juicy compensation packages through restricted stock units.

“We pay very low cash compensation relative to most companies,” Bezos told Fortune 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