Amazon increases wages, adds new benefits for hourly US employees
Amazon is increasing the average total compensation package for fulfillment and transportation employees in the U.S. to over $29 per hour.
Investing in our employees
- Employee benefits
Amazon is proud of our ability to create stable and supportive jobs with healthcare and financial benefits for employees and their families. These include healthcare and 401k matching on day one, paid parental leave, mental health benefits, and more.
- Skills training and education
We want to make it easy for people to have access to the skills they need to grow their careers. Learn more about our employee skills training and prepaid tuition programs.
- Employee safety
We ensure employee safety through open dialogue, an industry-leading two-way feedback system, operational meetings, new hire orientation, and hours of on-the-spot training.
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Our diverse perspectives help us invent on behalf of our customers and come from many sources including gender, race, age, national origin, sexual orientation, culture, education, as well as professional and life experience. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and always look for ways to scale our impact as we grow.
- Our workforce data
Representation matters. We track the representation of women and underrepresented communities because we know that diversity helps us build better teams that obsess over and better represent our global customer base.
Innovative employees
- The Artist Behind Prime Video’s 9 Million+ TikTok Followers
Meet Kane Diep, the strategist who helped launch Prime Video’s TikTok account.
- This Amazon employee has her dream job collaborating with stars like Dolly Parton and sharing new music with millions of country fans
The head of country music at Amazon Music shares her most hilarious moments with celebrities, and offers a peek inside her work at Amazon, where she engages with country fans around the world.
- These women are helping Amazon become a more sustainable business
Amazon is recognizing Women’s Empowerment Month by highlighting women who lead with sustainability practices in their daily work.
Get to know Amazon's workplace culture
Amazon’s culture of innovation and scale powers world-changing ideas and creates a safe, inclusive environment that allows employees to do their best work.