Amazon to Create More Than 100,000 New, Full-Time, Full-Benefit Jobs across the U.S. over the Next 18 Months
Already one of the country's biggest employers, Amazon plans to grow its full-time U.S.-based workforce from 180,000 in 2016 to over 280,000 by mid-2018
Over 9,000 employees have now participated in Amazon's innovative Career Choice program that pre-pays 95% of tuition for degrees in high-demand occupations such as aircraft mechanics, computer-aided design, machine tool technologies, medical lab technologies, nursing, and many other fields
Over 10,000 military veterans already work at Amazon and last year the company pledged to hire and train an additional 25,000 veterans and military spouses over the next five years
In addition to direct full-time employment, Amazon businesses such as Marketplace and Amazon Flex will continue to create thousands of jobs for people across the U.S. who want to start their own business or the flexibility to work part-time and set their own schedule
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2017-- (NASDAQ:AMZN) - Over the past five years, Amazon created over 150,000 jobs in the United States, growing its workforce here from 30,000 employees in 2011 to over 180,000 at the end of 2016. Today, the company announced that it plans to create an additional 100,000 full-time, full-benefit jobs in the U.S. over the next 18 months. These new job opportunities are for people all across the country and with all types of experience, education and skill levels-from engineers and software developers to those seeking entry-level positions and on-the-job training. Many of the roles will be in new fulfillment centers that have been announced over the past several months and are currently under construction in Texas, California, Florida, New Jersey and many other states across the country. In addition to direct job creation, Amazon businesses like Marketplace and Amazon Flex will continue to create hundreds of thousands of jobs for people across the U.S. who want the flexibility to start their own business, work part-time or set their own schedule.
Innovation is one of our guiding principles at Amazon, and it's created hundreds of thousands of American jobs. These jobs are not just in our Seattle headquarters or in Silicon Valley-they're in our customer service network, fulfillment centers and other facilities in local communities throughout the country, said Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder and CEO. We plan to add another 100,000 new Amazonians across the company over the next 18 months as we open new fulfillment centers, and continue to invent in areas like cloud technology, machine learning, and advanced logistics.
Examples of states where Amazon has created thousands of jobs and will continue to hire even more in the coming months and years:
Washington - Amazon now has over 40,000 employees at corporate offices and fulfillment centers in its home state. Once the current expansion of Amazon's Seattle headquarters is complete, the company will have more than 30 buildings covering over 10 million square feet in the city's downtown core.
Texas - Since 2013, Amazon has launched seven new fulfillment centers in Texas, with an eighth under construction in Houston. The current fulfillment centers located in Dallas, Fort Worth, Haslet, Coppell, Schertz, and San Marcos, employ more than 10,000 full-time associates, and the new Houston location will create more than 1,000 new full-times roles. Amazon also employs more than 500 associates in Austin at its corporate office and has openings for hundreds more.
California - Amazon Operations has created more than 14,000 full-time jobs in California since 2012 and announced four new Golden State fulfillment centers in 2016. Combined, those sites will bring over 4,000 new jobs to local communities such as Sacramento and Tracy. Amazon also has over 3,000 corporate employees across the state in a variety of businesses, including Amazon Web Services, Amazon Studios, Amazon Lab126 and more.
Illinois - Amazon currently operates five fulfillment centers in Edwardsville, Joliet and Romeoville, with another four fulfillment centers under construction in Monee, Aurora and Waukegan. More than 7,000 full-time jobs will be created in Illinois when construction is complete later this year.
Kentucky - Amazon employs more than 10,000 full-time employees across 11 sites in Kentucky and plans to bring more than one thousand new jobs to the state this year. The company recently completed a multi-million dollar renovation of its 17-year-old fulfillment center in Campbellsville.
Florida - Amazon has created more than 4,000 full-time jobs in Florida since 2013. Two new fulfillment centers were recently announced in Jacksonville, increasing the company's presence to nine locations, including fulfillment and sortation centers and Prime Now Hubs. The new fulfillment centers will bring Amazon's workforce in the Sunshine State to over 6,500.
New Jersey - Amazon currently employs more than 11,000 employees in New Jersey across seven sites. The company has plans to add additional fulfillment centers in the Garden State that will create 2,500 additional full-time jobs.
Military Hiring
Amazon already employs over 10,000 military veterans, and last year pledged to hire and train an additional 25,000 veterans and military spouses over the next five years. In addition, the company committed to training 10,000 active duty service members, veterans and military spouses not employed by Amazon in cloud computing through AWS Educate.
Full, Egalitarian Benefits
Amazon provides employees with highly-competitive pay, health insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company stock. The company also offers up to 20 weeks of paid leave and innovative benefits such as Leave Share and Ramp Back, which g
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