{
  "id": 15760931,
  "title": "Amazon to hire over 300,000 workers for holiday season, up 20% from 2025",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/amazon-to-hire-over-300-000-workers-for-holiday-season-up-20-from-2025",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-20T15:10:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times Business",
    "slug": "straits-times-business",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/amazon-to-hire-over-300000-workers-for-holiday-season-up-20-from-2025"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Amazon is set to hire over 300,000 workers for the upcoming holiday season, marking a 20% increase from 2025 levels, according to a company statement published on October 20. These positions, ranging from full-time to seasonal roles, offer temporary employees an average hourly wage of US$20 (S$25). Amazon is encouraging seasonal workers to remain employed through the year by providing medical benefits to those who work at least 30 hours per week into January.\n\nIndustry experts suggest that holiday hiring will be relatively low at 450,000 jobs in 2025, the smallest number since 2008, as large retailers Walmart and Target have declined to release their seasonal hiring plans. Moreover, logistics and warehouse companies are expected to see flat hiring compared to 2025, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.\n\nAndy Challenger, chief revenue officer at the firm, commented that recent hiring announcements have been smaller and more targeted than pre-pandemic trends. With US shoppers projected to spend US$275.1 billion online during November and December, a 6.7% increase from 2025, Amazon is expected to retain its dominant position in the e-commerce market, capturing almost 40 US cents of every dollar spent online, as reported by EMarketer.\n\nMeanwhile, United Parcel Service (UPS) announced in October that it plans to hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers, a figure similar to previous years, as it shifts its focus towards more profitable business segments.",
  "summary": "Temporary workers are set to earn an average of US$20 (S$25) per hour.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}