Amazon to invest over $1 billion in fulfillment and transportation workers to boost pay

The Seattle -based company said on Wednesday that the average wage increases to more than $ 23 per hour. Some of its most breastfed employees will see between $ 1.10 and $ 1.90 per hour. On average, employees will witness an increase in wages by $ 1,600 a year.

Amazon also said that it would reduce the cost of the health care plan to enter $ 5 a week and $ 5 to participate, starting next year. Amazon said this will reduce weekly contributions by 34 % and share 87 % for primary care and mental health and most non -specialized visits to employees who use the basic plan.

Amazon has a global workforce of 1.5 million workers.

Last December, seven Amazon facilities, an effort by the Teamsters Federation to pressure the e -commerce company for the work agreement during the main shopping period.

In the same month, Amazon reached a settlement with the occupational safety and health department that requires an online giant to adopt comfortable measures at the corporate level in facilities throughout the country. The agency claimed dangerous working conditions that led to a dangerous decrease in the back and other muscle and bone disorders in the Amazon facilities.

In January 2024, Wall Mart, the country’s largest employer, said that the average wage for workers every hour would exceed $ 18, up from $ 17.50. The company said that the increase was due to Wal -Marter, to provide some high -ranking roles for the car care centers last year, among other changes.

The Pentonville -based Wall Mart announced in January 2023 that American workers will get a wage increase in the following month, which increased the start of starting between $ 14 and $ 19 per hour. Wages previously ranged between $ 12 and $ 18 per hour, depending on the site.

The company’s spokesman Bian Harper Tipaldo said that at the goal of Minypolis, the wage ranges from $ 15 to $ 24 for workers working in stores and distribution centers, depending on the site.

He said that the average watch for the target store worker is more than $ 18.