Amazon holiday jobs are offering $23 an hour to seasonal workers this year

Amazon is preparing for the holidays with a plan to hire 250,000 jobs through it Fulfillment and delivery network in the United States.

The online commerce giant is hiring for full-time, part-time and seasonal positions, with jobs posted weekly through December. Amazon announced that regular full- and part-time employees earn an average of $23 per hour with benefits, and seasonal employees can earn an average wage of more than $19 per hour.

The company said it will invest more than $1 billion in additional wages and benefits for transportation and fulfillment employees, bringing average total compensation to more than $30 per hour when including the value of their selected benefits.

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“We’ve found that our seasonal roles are very popular — and often fill within minutes of being posted — because they meet the different needs of many different people,” Amazon said in a blog post.

Aside from pay, the company said its seasonal roles offer flexible schedules. At the same time, opportunities expand for workers who remain in regular, full-time jobs, with access to a range of benefits including healthcare and education programs such as Career Option, where the company will pre-pay tuition fees for workers to earn college degrees or certificates.

Amazon is only one of a few companies making public commitments about holiday hiring. After a summer of poor recruitment Seasonal retail hiring It is expected to fall to its lowest level since the 2009 off-season, according to a recent report from staffing firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

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The company expects retailers to add fewer than 500,000 jobs in the last three months of 2025, which would be the smallest seasonal gain in 16 years.

“Seasonal employers face a combination of factors this year: Tariffs loom“Inflationary pressures remain, and many companies continue to rely on automation and permanent employees rather than large waves of seasonal hiring,” said Andy Challenger, senior vice president of Challenger Gray & Christmas.

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Although there is a chance “we will see a late boost to hiring if holiday sales surprise to the upside, the cautious pace of announcements so far suggests companies are not betting on a big seasonal increase,” Challenger said, adding that “this year may be more about doing more with less.”

Aside from Amazon, Bath & Body Works plans to hire 32,000 workers this holiday season, which includes 2,000 jobs at its distribution centers.

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Spirit Halloween plans to add 50,000 workers, and Kohl’s announced it is hiring seasonal workers, though it did not give a number.

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Meanwhile, Target announced its seasonal plans, but did not make any major hiring announcements. The company said it will provide working hours for current workers and will benefit from a network of 43,000 “on-demand” team members, in addition to recruiting new team members.