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Amazon to hire 2,000 employees in Arizona, increase hourly wages

Apr 15, 2020, 7:45 AM

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(Getty Images/Peter Macdiarmid)

(Getty Images/Peter Macdiarmid)

PHOENIX — Amazon announced on Tuesday 2,000 additional job openings throughout Arizona and an increase in employees’ hourly wages.

By end of April, the retail giant will fill the additional jobs and increase employees’ hourly wages by $2, according to a press release.

Amazon currently pays employees a minimum of $15 per hour.

The new jobs available to Arizonans reflect the increased demand of the coronavirus outbreak and include packing, shipping and delivering customer orders.

The announcement of 2,000 job openings came after Amazon hired 4,000 Arizona employees since the company’s March 16 hiring pledge.

Last month, Amazon pledged to hire 100,000 people in full and part-time jobs across its U.S. facilities to keep as many people employed as possible during the coronavirus outbreak.

Since meeting its hiring pledge on Monday, Amazon has announced its plan to hire an additional 75,000 employees throughout the U.S.

There are currently about 13,500 Amazon employees in Arizona.

Those interested in applying for available jobs can do so online.

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