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Amazon boosting starting hourly wage to $18

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September 14, 2021

Amazon plans to boost its U.S. hourly starting wage to $18 an hour and aims to hire on 125,000 employees for warehouse and transportation units, according to a Reuters report.

The news comes as retailers are having a hard time hiring and increasing pay as a way to entice applicants.

Amazon is also offering bonuses of $3,000 to new hires, according to Reuters.

Earlier this week Walgreens announced it was raising its hourly pay to $15 come October.