Amazon plans to add 2,000 new jobs in New York City, the erstwhile location of an additional headquarters, as part of continued hiring across its network of technology hubs.
Amazon said Tuesday it is also creating a combined 1,500 new corporate and technology positions at hubs in Dallas, Detroit, Denver, Phoenix and San Diego.
Amazon told The Wall Street Journal the hiring will occur over the next two years. The 3,500 total amounts to a little more than half the 6,800 open positions Amazon currently lists in Seattle, where questions have swirled over the tech and commerce giant’s plans in light of the city’s new tax on large company payrolls to fund pandemic economic relief, affordable housing and local business assistance. Amazon employs more than 50,000 people in the city a tenfold increase in the last decade.
The number of open positions Amazon lists in Seattle has trended down this year, and as of Tuesday was off 40% from a recent high in early February, when it had about 11,500 listed. Openings listed companywide are down about 23%.