In anticipation of a bustling holiday season this year, Amazon is hiring 250,000 full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions in its fulfillment and transportation network across the United States.
This marks the third consecutive year the company has planned to hire 250,000 workers—well above the 150,000 temporary employees it hired in 2022 and 2021.
Full- and part-time employees will earn an average of $23 per hour with benefits, while seasonal workers will be paid more than $19 per hour.
In its Oct. 13 announcement, Amazon noted that available positions will be posted weekly from now through December on its website, hiring.amazon.com.
“For some, it’s a few months of extra income to support their families during the holidays,” Sandy Gordon, Amazon’s vice president of global operations employee experience, stated in the announcement. “For others, it’s the first step in building a new career path.”…