Amazon looking for 11,000 workers in DFW area

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Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Sept. 14 that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more people shop online. Of those jobs, over 17,000 will be in Texas with over 11,000 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Amazon’s starting pay is still $15 per hour, but with labor markets growing so tight in regions of the country, the company said new hires could make as much as $22.50 an hour. It’s also paying sign-on bonuses of $3,000 in some places.

Read the full article at Fort Worth Business Press.

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