With the inclusion of special bonuses and other earnings, Jassy actually takes home more than his base pay of $175,000 and has for a long time. His biggest take home pay happened in 2016 when he also became a CEO in his division at Amazon. That year he earned his regular salary, plus $3,500. But he made $35 million in total, as noted by Salary. Where did that money come from? The bulk of that increase was in Amazon stock shares. 

In the previous years, Andy Jassy earned $6 million in 2010 and almost double that number at $11 million by 2012. And in 2019 he earned just $348,809. Typically, as the owner of valuable stocks, Jassy has also made a large amount of his wealth through buying and selling a few of his stocks and shares. Currently, he is one of the richest CEO's and is worth $400 million, via Celebrity Net Worth.