How Many Employees Does Amazon Have? 71 Statistics for 2026

ByShane Tran Updated on

Amazon reports its headcount every quarter in SEC filings, making its workforce one of the most transparent among the world’s largest employers. The company also publishes annual diversity data, wage announcements, and seasonal hiring plans — a paper trail that adds up to a surprisingly detailed picture. Below are 71 statistics on Amazon’s workforce, drawn from primary sources.

Top Amazon Employee Statistics

  • Amazon employs 1,595,000 full-time and part-time employees worldwide as of June 30, 2026, a figure that excludes contractors and temporary personnel (Amazon Q2 2026 earnings release).
  • Amazon employs more than 1 million people in the United States (Amazon Economic Impact Report 2025).
  • Amazon deployed its 1 millionth robot in July 2025, across a network spanning more than 300 facilities worldwide (Amazon Robotics, July 2025).
  • In January 2023, Amazon announced plans to eliminate just over 18,000 corporate roles, mostly in its Stores and PXT organizations (Andy Jassy memo, January 2023).
  • Amazon hired for 250,000 full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions across its US fulfillment and transportation network for the 2025 holiday season (About Amazon, October 2025).
  • Women made up 43.7% of Amazon’s global workforce as of December 31, 2024 (Amazon Workforce Data 2024).
  • Amazon’s average pay for US fulfillment and transportation employees rose to more than $23 per hour in 2025, with average total compensation above $30 per hour including benefits (About Amazon, September 2025).
  • Internal documents obtained by The New York Times indicate Amazon plans to use automation to avoid hiring more than 600,000 US workers by 2033 (The New York Times, October 2025).

How Many Employees Does Amazon Have?

Amazon employs 1.59M full-time and part-time employees worldwide

1. Amazon employs 1,595,000 full-time and part-time employees worldwide as of June 30, 2026, a figure that excludes contractors and temporary personnel (Amazon Q2 2026 earnings release).

2. Amazon’s headcount grew 3% year-over-year as of Q2 2026 (Amazon Q2 2026 earnings release).

3. Amazon’s reported headcount counts only full-time and part-time employees — contractors, temporary personnel, and seasonal surge staff hired through agencies sit outside the figure.

Amazon Employee Count Over the Years

Amazon employee count from 2015 to 2025 — line chart showing growth from 230,800 to 1,576,000

Source: Amazon 10-K annual filings (SEC). Chart shows year-end headcount.

4. Amazon employed approximately 230,800 full-time and part-time employees as of December 31, 2015 (Amazon 10-K 2015).

5. Amazon’s workforce numbered approximately 341,400 employees at year-end 2016 (Amazon 10-K 2016).

6. Amazon employed approximately 566,000 full-time and part-time employees as of December 31, 2017 (Amazon 10-K 2017).

7. Amazon had approximately 647,500 employees at the end of 2018 (Amazon 10-K 2018).

8. Amazon employed approximately 798,000 full-time and part-time employees as of December 31, 2019 (Amazon 10-K 2019).

9. Amazon’s headcount reached approximately 1,298,000 employees by the end of 2020 (Amazon 10-K 2020).

10. Amazon employed approximately 1,608,000 full-time and part-time employees as of December 31, 2021 (Amazon 10-K 2021).

11. Amazon’s workforce stood at approximately 1,541,000 employees at year-end 2022 (Amazon 10-K 2022).

12. Amazon employed approximately 1,525,000 people as of December 31, 2023 (Amazon 10-K 2023).

13. Amazon had approximately 1,556,000 full-time and part-time employees at the end of 2024 (Amazon 10-K 2024).

14. Amazon employed approximately 1,576,000 full-time and part-time employees as of December 31, 2025 (Amazon 10-K 2025).

15. Across the last six reported quarters, Amazon’s headcount moved from 1,560,000 (Q1 2025) through 1,546,000, 1,578,000, 1,576,000, and 1,575,000 to 1,595,000 in Q2 2026 (Amazon Q2 2026 earnings release).

16. Fifteen years earlier the scale was different: Amazon employed approximately 33,700 full-time and part-time employees at December 31, 2010 (Amazon 10-K 2010).

Amazon Employees in the US and Around the World

17. Amazon employs more than 1 million people in the United States (Amazon Economic Impact Report 2025).

18. Amazon says it supports 2 million American jobs: 1 million direct employees plus 1 million indirect jobs in construction, logistics, and supplier industries (Amazon Economic Impact Report 2025).

19. Amazon added more than 800,000 US jobs over the last decade, with two out of five operations jobs created in towns of fewer than 50,000 people (Amazon Economic Impact Report 2025).

20. Amazon’s permanent UK workforce numbers more than 75,000 employees, making it one of the UK’s top 10 private sector employers (Amazon UK).

21. Amazon has more than 40,000 permanent employees in Germany (Amazon Germany, May 2025).

22. Small and medium-sized businesses selling on Amazon have created 170,000 indirect jobs across Germany (Amazon Germany, May 2025).

23. Amazon employs more than 46,000 people in Canada across close to 70 operations sites (Amazon Canada Impact Report 2025).

24. Amazon has created nearly 1.4 million direct and indirect jobs in India (Amazon India).

Amazon Layoffs (2022–2026)

25. In January 2023, Amazon announced plans to eliminate just over 18,000 corporate roles, mostly in its Stores and PXT organizations (Andy Jassy memo, January 2023).

26. In March 2023, Amazon announced about 9,000 additional role eliminations, mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch (Andy Jassy memo, March 2023).

27. Amazon’s 2022–2023 layoff wave cut about 27,000 corporate jobs in total (Reuters, January 2026).

28. In October 2025, Amazon announced an overall reduction of approximately 14,000 corporate roles (Beth Galetti message, October 2025).

29. Amazon’s January 2026 round impacted approximately 16,000 roles across the company (Beth Galetti message, January 2026).

30. Reuters reported that Amazon’s broader plan targets some 30,000 corporate job cuts in total (Reuters, January 2026).

31. The full 30,000 planned cuts would equal nearly 10% of Amazon’s corporate workforce, against 1.58 million total employees, per Reuters (Reuters, January 2026).

32. If completed, the 30,000-role plan would be the largest layoff in Amazon’s three-decade history, per Reuters (Reuters, January 2026).

33. Most affected US-based employees were given 90 days to look for a new role internally before severance (Beth Galetti message, January 2026).

34. In June 2025, Jassy told employees that AI efficiency gains “will reduce our total corporate workforce” over the next few years (Andy Jassy memo, June 2025).

35. On the Q3 2025 earnings call, Jassy said the October cuts were “not really financially driven and it’s not even really AI-driven… it’s culture” (Reuters, January 2026).

Amazon Robots and Automation

36. Amazon deployed its 1 millionth robot in July 2025, across a network spanning more than 300 facilities worldwide (Amazon Robotics, July 2025).

37. By May 2025, when Vulcan launched, Amazon had deployed more than 750,000 robots into its fulfillment centers over the preceding dozen years (Amazon Vulcan announcement, May 2025).

38. Amazon’s robots play a role in completing 75% of customer orders, and the company says they have created hundreds of new job categories (Amazon Vulcan announcement, May 2025).

39. Vulcan, which Amazon calls its first robot with a sense of touch, can pick and stow approximately 75% of all item types stored at Amazon fulfillment centers (Amazon Vulcan announcement, May 2025).

40. Amazon’s DeepFleet AI model improves the travel time of its robotic fleet by 10% (Amazon Robotics, July 2025).

41. At Amazon’s next-generation Shreveport, Louisiana fulfillment center, advanced robotics require 30% more employees in reliability, maintenance, and engineering roles (Amazon Robotics, July 2025).

42. Amazon had over 1,000 generative AI services and applications built or in progress as of June 2025 (Andy Jassy memo, June 2025).

43. Internal documents obtained by The New York Times indicate Amazon plans to use automation to avoid hiring more than 600,000 US workers by 2033 (The New York Times, October 2025). Amazon responded that the leaked documents “do not reflect the company’s entire strategy.”

44. Per the same NYT-obtained documents, Amazon’s robotics team aims to automate 75% of its operations, avoiding around 160,000 US hires by 2027 and saving an estimated $12.6 billion (The New York Times, October 2025).

45. Amazon has upskilled more than 700,000 employees since 2019, many in programs focused on advanced technologies (Amazon Robotics, July 2025).

Amazon Seasonal Hiring

46. Amazon hired for 250,000 full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions across its US fulfillment and transportation network for the 2025 holiday season (About Amazon, October 2025).

47. Amazon also hired for 250,000 holiday roles across its US fulfillment and transportation operations in 2024 (About Amazon, October 2024).

48. Amazon’s 2025 seasonal employees earn an average wage of over $19 per hour, against a $23 average for regular full- and part-time employees (About Amazon, October 2025).

49. All Amazon seasonal employees in the 2024 holiday season earned at least $18 per hour (About Amazon, October 2024).

50. Nearly one-third of Amazon’s holiday hires return to work for the company again (About Amazon, October 2024).

51. Seasonal hires who stay with Amazon for three years have seen their pay rise an average of 18% (About Amazon, October 2025).

Amazon Operations Workforce, Pay, and Benefits

52. Amazon employs more than 800,000 people in front-line fulfillment and transportation roles across the US (About Amazon, September 2024).

53. Amazon’s worldwide operations organization counts more than 1 million employees globally, according to its SVP of Worldwide Operations (About Amazon, September 2025).

54. Amazon’s average pay for US fulfillment and transportation employees rose to more than $23 per hour in 2025, with average total compensation above $30 per hour including benefits (About Amazon, September 2025).

55. In 2025, Amazon committed more than $1 billion to raise pay and lower health care costs for US fulfillment and transportation employees (About Amazon, September 2025).

56. Amazon fulfillment and transportation employees with three years of tenure have seen their pay rise 35% on average (About Amazon, September 2025).

57. Under the 2025 increase, full-time ops employees see their pay rise by an average of $1,600 per year (About Amazon, September 2025).

58. Starting in 2026, Amazon’s entry-level health plan costs employees $5 per week with $5 copays, cutting weekly contributions by 34% and copays by 87% (About Amazon, September 2025).

59. In 2024, Amazon made what it called its biggest-ever investment in pay and benefits: more than $2.2 billion for US front-line employees (About Amazon, September 2024).

60. The 2024 raise added at least $1.50 per hour, bringing Amazon’s average US front-line base wage to more than $22 per hour and total compensation above $29 per hour (About Amazon, September 2024).

61. Amazon raised its starting wage to $15 per hour in 2018 — more than double the then-federal minimum wage, per the company (About Amazon, September 2024).

62. More than 425,000 Amazon employees in the US have gained new skills through its training programs since 2019 (About Amazon, updated July 2025).

63. Over 250,000 Amazon employees across 14 countries have trained through Career Choice, including more than 100,000 participants in 2024 alone (About Amazon, updated July 2025).

64. Amazon’s Career Choice program pre-pays 100% of tuition at more than 475 education partners (About Amazon, September 2025).

Amazon Workforce Demographics

Amazon US workforce by ethnicity, 2024 — horizontal bar chart

Source: Amazon Workforce Data 2024. The “+” after each category reflects Amazon’s multi-select self-identification methodology.

65. Women made up 43.7% of Amazon’s global workforce as of December 31, 2024 (Amazon Workforce Data 2024).

66. Women held 46.0% of Amazon’s US roles as of December 31, 2024 (Amazon Workforce Data 2024).

67. Women made up 33.9% of Amazon’s global corporate workforce in 2024 (Amazon Workforce Data 2024).

68. Women made up 46.5% of Amazon’s global field and customer support workforce in 2024 (Amazon Workforce Data 2024).

69. Women held 26.3% of Amazon’s global senior leadership roles (Level L8+) in 2024 (Amazon Workforce Data 2024).

70. In Amazon’s US workforce in 2024, 32.8% of employees identified as Black+, 27.5% as White+, 26.2% as Latino/e+, and 15.0% as Asian+ (Amazon Workforce Data 2024).

71. Amazon reports women earned 99.9 cents for every dollar men earned in comparable jobs (US and globally) in 2024, and US racial/ethnic minorities earned 99.4 cents per dollar earned by white employees (Amazon Workforce Data 2024).

Conclusion

Amazon’s workforce is large enough that even small percentage shifts move tens of thousands of people. The company’s own filings and reports provide an unusual level of detail for a private-sector employer — from quarterly headcount to ethnicity breakdowns — which makes it possible to track where the numbers are heading rather than relying on estimates. Whether the next chapter is defined by automation, AI-driven restructuring, or continued growth will play out in these same filings over the coming quarters.