Amazon employs 150,000 employees across the United States in full-time, seasonal and part-time roles across its network of operations ahead of the holiday season.
A variety of roles, from packing and selecting to sorting and shipping, are available to applicants of all backgrounds and experience levels.
Amazon claims that employees can earn, on average, more than $19 an hour based on their location and location in the United States, with California, Illinois and Texas being the states with the most available jobs.
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The news comes after Amazon announced that it had raised its average starting wage for warehouse and delivery workers to more than $19 an hour, up from $18 an hour.
But if you are not a US resident, don’t count yourself out.
Amazon’s announcement comes as the retail giant has been accelerating the pace of hiring in the UK over the past few years, with the move set to raise its permanent workforce in the UK to 70,000.
Amazon said the move would make it one of the UK’s largest private sector employers, joining the likes of John Lewis and Alliance Boots, and surpassing the numbers used by the British military.
However, the move comes as many of the giant retail workers are unhappy with their conditions.
Amazon employees in New York City formed the company’s first union in July 2022, and German workers staged strikes at seven distribution centers in May.
In August, there was a strike at Amazon’s largest UK distribution center in Tilbury, with workers claiming it had failed to address cost-of-living issues.
However, some Amazon workers in the US are now set to receive additional perks, including signature pairs ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 at select locations.