Amazon boosts pay, targets 125,000 hires amid labor shortage

By Giles Turner and Matt Day
Published 3 Min Read

Bloomberg

Amazon boosted pay as it looks to hire 125,000 warehouse and shipping workers amid a tight U.S. labor market.

The e-commerce giant said starting wages for open jobs in logistics average $18 an hour, or 20% more than the $15-an-hour base pay the company set back in 2018, with signing bonuses of as much as $3,000 in some locations. Earlier this month, Amazon pledged to hire 40,000 people to fill corporate and tech roles.

Giles Turner and Matt Day
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