Creating Good Jobs and Upskilling Our Team
We've created 1 million jobs and invested over $1 billion to deliver $23 per hour average pay. For many employees, we offer health care on day 1 and free skills training programs to move employees into even higher paying roles.
How we create jobs
Amazon is creating high-paying jobs and strengthening the Magnolia State while building responsible infrastructure.
For many employees, Amazon offers healthcare starting on day one of employment, along with mental health and well-being resources, cancer support, and 24/7 access to medical advice.
Planned investment will establish multiple innovation campuses, create 1,250 jobs, and support new workforce development training programs and local community projects
We want to make it easy for employees to develop their skills to grow their careers. More than 700,000 employees globally have participated in our free education and skills training programs since 2019. We’ve also invested hundreds of millions of dollars to provide free cloud computing skills training to millions of people around the world with programs for the public.
Building Responsibly
We design and operate our facilities and data centers with efficiency, reliability, and the environment in mind—investing in 700+ carbon-free energy projects, conserving water through advanced cooling technology, and paying for more energy than we use.
How we minimize the environmental impact of our buildings
From fulfillment centers to data centers to grocery stores, we’re testing and scaling new tech to push toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Amazon is constantly innovating to reduce the amount of water we use in our data centers, resulting in a 52% improvement in water efficiency since 2021.
Amazon's new delivery station doubles as an exercise in sustainability, packed with more than 40 market-ready technologies and systems designed to reduce its resource usage and shrink its carbon footprint.
A first-of-its-kind independent study reveals how Amazon pays for its own power costs while contributing to grid improvements that benefit all customers.
Supporting Communities
We leverage our scale and strengths to address critical community needs—food security, education, disaster relief, and housing—partnering with local organizations and investing as a good neighbor where our employees live and work.
How we partner with communities
Amazon extended its free home food delivery commitment through 2028 to help millions of families access nutritious food.
Amazon donates and delivers emergency supplies to American Red Cross and other partners from our Disaster Relief hubs after disasters strike. Here's how our hubs work.
Amazon is innovating to help keep communities affordable, today and for generations to come.
We are committed to increase youth and adult access to STEM opportunities, inspire students to explore careers of the future and the broad range of technical and non-technical roles available to them, and promote diversity and inclusion in the tech industry.
Funding for Local Infrastructure
Since 2010, we have invested $1.8 trillion in the U.S., generating billions in public revenue that is used to build roads, hospitals, schools, and other critical infrastructure that support long-term community growth and quality of life.
How we fund local infrastructure
New commitments include funding for emergency services, a water stewardship project, and a new community gathering space enabled by data center investments.
The multibillion-dollar deal will also support hundreds of construction jobs to expand Corning’s North Carolina facilities and create a new workforce development program.
Investment is creating local jobs in small towns across the U.S. and providing customers in those areas with even faster delivery across a wide selection of products.
The project will create hundreds of jobs, strengthen local infrastructure, and fund community programs.