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Amazon boosts hourly pay to over $18, to hire 125,000 workers [View all]
Source: Yahoo-Reuters
Amazon.com Inc hiked its average starting wage to $18 per hour on Tuesday and said it plans to hire more than 125,000 warehouse and transportation workers in the United States.
Reuters exclusively reported the news earlier on Tuesday.
The world's largest online retailer also said it would pay a sign-on bonus of $3,000 in some locations and the hourly wage could go up to $22.50. Amazon was among the first few retailers to set a $15 an hour minimum wage in 2018.
Amazon had said in May it would pay around $17 in average wages.
Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-hire-125-000-workers-102635619.html
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