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Amazon's medium pay is $28,446. But they also employ nearly 500,000 people. The linked article also has salaries for other tech companies. https://www.wsj.com
by kyrra 9y ago
Amazon's medium pay is $28,446. But they also employ nearly 500,000 people. The linked article also has salaries for other tech companies.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-typical-worker-is-in-a-warehouse-making-28-446-a-year-1524402003 https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-typical-worker-is-in-a-...
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoMost of them work for Integrity Staffing not Amazon.
- kyrra 9y agoNope. https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/3/14504526/amazon-job-growth-2016-new-employees-hires-shipping https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/3/14504526/amazon-job-growth... That story from a year calls out that it excludes contractors. It does include full-time and part-time employees.
- Spooky23 9y agoReporting and pushing median pay now is smart for a company like Amazon. When you have a Democratic Congress, $15/hr minimum wage is coming. Many of the grunts will be getting a big raise, which will increase that median significantly in a few years.
- eli 9y agoThese companies are reporting it now because they don't have a choice, it's a federal law that most large public companies have to report median pay and CEO pay.