Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has raised the pay for hourly workers at its U.S. fulfillment centers and transportation operations, the retail giant announced on Wednesday.
"Earlier today, I visited one of our sites near Salt Lake City to share some news with our teammates there—that we're making a significant new investment in pay and benefits for the hourly front-line employees across our fulfillment and transportation network," Udit Madan, vice president of Amazon Worldwide Operations, wrote in the company's newsletter.
He said Amazon's front-line team will receive an hourly pay raise of $1.50 starting this month to bring the average base wage to $22 per hour. This will bring average total compensation, which includes benefits, to $29 per hour, he said.
"This is an increase of $3,000 a year on average for full-time employees who work a 40-hour week," he wrote.
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"And as one of the largest private employers in the country (we now have more than 800,000 people in these roles across the U.S.), this pay increase equals a total investment of more than $2.2 billion in our team."
Amazon's benefits include pre-paid college tuition, flexible working hours, a Prime membership, health insurance from the first day on the job and dental coverage.
"As I told the team this morning, this is just one way to say thank you for all they do," Madan wrote.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Microsoft Corporation (NYSE:MSFT) and Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) offer six-figure salaries for managers and engineers.
Just over a year ago, the United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) and the Teamsters Union ratified a five-year contract that ensures $170,000 per year for drivers over the next five years.
Price Action: Amazon gained 0.1% to $187.11 at the time of publication Wednesday.
Exchange-traded funds that hold the stock also trended upward.
- ProShares Online Retail ETF (NYSE:ONLN) gained 1.32%.
- Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF (NYSE:FDIS) rose 0.72%.
- Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSE:VCR) went up 0.81%.
- Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLY) gained 0.67%.
- ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF (NYSE:CLIX) ticked up 0.68%.
- Amazon To Cut Management Layers, End Work From Home
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亚马逊公司（纳斯达克：AMZN）周三宣布，已提高其美国配送中心和运输业务的小时工人的工资。
“今天早些时候，我去了盐湖城附近的一个站点，与我们的队友们分享了一些消息，即我们正在为全美范围内的配送和运输网络的前线员工在工资和福利上进行重大投资。”亚马逊全球运营副总裁乌迪特·马丹在公司的通讯中写道。
他说，亚马逊的前线团队将从本月起每小时获得1.50美元的加薪，使平均基本工资增至每小时22美元。他说，平均总薪酬（包括福利）将达到每小时29美元。
“这对于每周工作40小时的全职员工来说，平均每年增加了3,000美元。”他写道。
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“作为全美国最大的私人雇主之一（现在在美国有超过80万人担任这些角色），此次加薪总共投资了超过22亿美元。”
亚马逊的福利包括预付大学学费、灵活的工作时间、Prime会员资格、入职第一天即享受的医疗保险和牙科保险。
“正如我今天早上告诉团队的，这只是一种方式来感谢他们所做的一切。”马丹写道。
苹果公司（纳斯达克：AAPL），微软公司（纽交所：MSFT）和谷歌，由alphabet inc（纳斯达克：GOOG）（纳斯达克：GOOGL）拥有的公司为经理和工程师提供六位数的工资。
一年多前，联合包裹服务公司（纽交所：UPS）和teamsters联合会批准了一个为司机确保在未来五年每年$170,000的五年合同。
当出版之时，亚马逊股价上涨了0.1%，至$187.11。
持有该股票的交易所交易基金也出现了上涨趋势。
- proshares online retail etf（纽交所：ONLN）上涨了1.32%。
- fidelity msci消费者禀赋指数etf（纽交所：FDIS）上涨了0.72%。
- 周期性消费品etf-vanguard（纽交所：VCR）上涨了0.81%。
- 非必需消费类etf-spdr（纽交所：XLY）上涨了0.67%。
- ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF (纽交所:CLIX) 上涨了0.68%。
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