{"id":381685,"date":"2026-10-21T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=381685"},"modified":"2026-10-21T08:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:24:09","slug":"amazon-to-hire-300000-u-s-holiday-workers-for-christmas-2026-its-biggest-push-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/amazon-to-hire-300000-u-s-holiday-workers-for-christmas-2026-its-biggest-push-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon to hire 300,000 U.S. holiday workers for Christmas 2026: its biggest push yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon says it plans to hire more than 300,000 workers<\/strong> across the U.S. for Christmas 2026, covering seasonal, part-time, and full-time logistics roles. If it hits that number, this would be the biggest holiday hiring push<\/a> in the company’s history.<\/p>\n

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The jobs won’t all go up at once, so you’ll need to check Amazon’s recruitment platform weekly from October through December<\/strong>. Last year, Amazon hired 250,000 people for the holiday season, and it brought on the same number in each of the previous three years, so the 2026 target is roughly 20% higher.<\/p>\n\n

Pay is moving up too. Amazon says seasonal workers can expect to earn an average of $20 an hour<\/strong>, up from more than $19. Full-time core operations workers now have a $20 hourly minimum, and their average pay is $24. Starting January 1, 2027, seasonal employees who work at least 30 hours will qualify for healthcare from day one. Anyone hired before that date would only get that benefit once January 1 arrives, and only if they’re still employed. Some temporary jobs may also turn into permanent ones.<\/p>\n\n

If you’re looking for extra income<\/strong>, or hoping to use a seasonal job as a way into a permanent role, this hiring round is worth a look. That’s true even with the broader retail market expected to be weaker, with an estimated 450,000 seasonal jobs in Q4 2026, down from 461,500 a year earlier, making this one of the softest holiday hiring periods since 2008. There are also the usual criticisms around Amazon’s warehouses: the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union has pointed to injury rates, working conditions, and the limits of temporary benefits. Applications are available through Amazon’s recruitment platform.<\/p>\n

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Amazon says it plans to hire more than 300,000 workers across the U.S. for Christmas 2026, covering seasonal, part-time, and full-time logistics roles. If it hits that number, this would be the biggest holiday hiring push in the company’s history. The jobs won’t all go up at once, so you’ll need to check Amazon’s recruitment … Continue reading “Amazon to hire 300,000 U.S. holiday workers for Christmas 2026: its biggest push yet”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9349,"featured_media":381684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-381685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t