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Amazon plans 300,000 holiday hires for Christmas 2026
Amazon is expanding its seasonal workforce by 50,000 roles and raising wages as it prepares for peak holiday demand.
In brief
Amazon is expanding its seasonal workforce by 50,000 roles and raising wages as it prepares for peak holiday demand. Amazon will hire 300,000 seasonal and part-time workers for Christmas 2026, up from 250,000 last year, with average wages rising to twenty dollars per hour. Originally reported by TechRadar.
Amazon's biggest holiday hiring push
Amazon plans to hire 300,000 workers for the 2026 holiday period, up from 250,000 last Christmas. The roles span part-time, seasonal and full-time positions across the United States.
Weekly job postings through December
Rather than posting all vacancies at once, Amazon will release new positions every week between October and December, requiring jobseekers to monitor the recruitment platform regularly.
Wages rise to twenty dollars per hour
Average seasonal worker wages stand at twenty dollars per hour, up from over nineteen dollars last year. This follows Amazon's recent announcement of a twenty dollar minimum for full-time core operations employees.
Free healthcare for eligible seasonal workers
Amazon will extend free healthcare to seasonal employees working at least thirty hours per week, matching benefits already offered to full-time staff. The change takes effect January first, twenty twenty-seven.
Pathways to permanent employment
Amazon advertised that seasonal recruits will have opportunities to transition into permanent roles, though the company did not specify how many positions would be available for conversion.
Here's the gist
Amazon will hire 300,000 seasonal and part-time workers for Christmas 2026, up from 250,000 last year, with average wages rising to twenty dollars per hour.
