- Jeff Bezos’ salary of $81,400 has not changed since 1998
- Amazon is paying about $1.6 million in security and travel expenses to its founder
- Other Amazon executives take home $365,000 in salary and millions in expenses
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos still earns a base salary of about $81,400 from the company, years after he stepped down as CEO — a figure that has remained unchanged since 1998.
Even with the relatively low salary, Bezos has never taken a bonus or additional compensation from the company, which he has previously said is by choice.
His $81,000 salary is also intentionally low and out of line with typical management structures, with most of his wealth instead coming from Amazon stock, of which he owns about 8%, worth hundreds of billions.
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Jeff Bezos only takes a salary of $81,000 despite his net worth
Bezos is currently worth an estimated $250 billion, making him the third-richest person in the world and one of many worth a similar figure – and falling far short of Elon Musk’s $800+ billion net worth.
But while Bezos doesn’t take the typical executive salary, he’s still eligible for significant compensation from the company’s spending funds, and he racks up about $1.6 million annually in security and travel expenses.
“Mr. Bezos requested not to receive additional compensation and has never received annual cash compensation beyond his current amount,” Amazon’s 2026 proxy filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission reads.
Meanwhile, other Amazon executives take home a $365,000 salary, including its current CEO, Andy Jassy — though he claimed other expenses related to security and travel.
“Due to Mr. Bezos’s significant stock ownership, he believes that he is appropriately incentivized and his interests are appropriately aligned with those of shareholders,” the filing continues.
Amazon stock prices are up about 42% in five years, currently at an all-time high of $241 and on the way up again after recent events, so the expenses may not have a big effect on the final financials.
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