COMP NEWS – Amazon is hiring more than 1,100 at the same time it intends to invest more than $1.3 billion into compensation, bumping up average pay in customer fulfillment and transportation roles.
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Amazon is hiring more than 1,100 employees in the Tulsa area to help deliver great holiday experiences
Full-time, seasonal, and part-time roles are available across Amazon’s operations with seasonal employees having the opportunity to transition to full-time positions.
Amazon is making its largest-ever compensation investment this year toward additional pay, bringing average pay to over $20.50 per hour in roles across customer fulfillment and transportation.
2023’s $1.3 billion investment in employee pay marks $10 billion in hourly employee compensation over the last five years.
Amazon today announced that it is hiring 250,000 employees throughout the U.S. in full-time, seasonal, and part-time roles across its operations network, and more than 3,400 of those will be in Oklahoma.
A diverse range of roles—from packing and picking to sorting and shipping—are available to applicants from all backgrounds and experience levels.
Customer fulfillment and transportation employees can earn, on average, over $20.50 per hour for those roles, and up to $28 depending on location.
Amazon has invested more than 10,000 jobs in Oklahoma.
In 2023, Amazon has added many new benefits, including a new emergency savings program and a financial assistance pilot program that has helped save fulfillment and transportation employees nearly $20 million—all available from day one of employment.
Over the past decade, Amazon has created over 800,000 jobs and will hire an additional 250,000 people this holiday season across full-time, part-time, and seasonal roles.
Amazon also shared its latest investment and economic impact data for Oklahoma from its 2023 Economic Impact Report provided by Keystone Strategy, a third-party consultancy.
Since 2010, Amazon has invested more than $4.4 billion in Oklahoma, including infrastructure and compensation to employees, and has created more than 10,000 direct jobs here.
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