Amazon set to hire another 125,000 with average starting hourly pay of $18 - NewsBreak

Amazon Inc. said Tuesday it plans to hire an additional 125,000 warehouse workers nationwide with average starting hourly pay of $18. According to Reuters, the first news outlet to report the latest hiring spree, the online retail giant has raised hourly pay from an average of roughly $17 since May, and some locations will offer $3,000 signing bonuses.