{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","contentId":"000001a1-0825-deb0-adad-683f1e2d0000","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/impact/amazon-kansas","name":"How Amazon is investing in Kansas","description":"Amazon has invested more than $10 billion in Kansas, creating 7,000+ jobs and supporting local businesses and communities across the 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economy](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/90/c7/8b796d1f4e1c852f7ceacba8540b/amazoninvestment-kansas-2025.pdf)\n\n![investment-kansas-inline-amazon-news-2-ad100526.png](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/1b1fb5c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x900+125+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F5d%2F76%2F0d379d804c82b39f31cf2c1288c1%2Finvestment-kansas-inline-amazon-news-02-ad100526.png)\n\n- [Supporting good jobs](https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits)\n\n![investment-kansas-inline-amazon-news-3-ad100526.png](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/fd8b10f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x900+125+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fe5%2Fa1%2F5e7841804a628d91a3e3ca6f16b4%2Finvestment-kansas-inline-amazon-news-04-ad100526.png)\n\n- [Spurring economic growth](https://sellingpartners.aboutamazon.com/kansas)\n\n![Aerial view of Wichita, Kansas](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/9558590/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fca%2F5e%2Fb6cbc84c4a45ac5fa6d8957eee39%2Fabout-amazon-hero-wichita-adobestock-384296706.jpg)\n\n- [5 ways Amazon is investing in Kansas](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/amazon-investment-kansas-jobs-infrastructure-small-business)\n\n### Stories we think you’ll like\n\n![Amazon employee wears a safety vest and smiles while standing in a fulfillment center.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/f710a01/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F85%2F6f%2Fc09a3be048c39b346fa0fa271da8%2Fabout-amazon-hero-20260313-na-sort-rnt9-101.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon raises minimum starting pay for full-time core operations employees to $20/hour, with average pay reaching nearly $24/hour](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-raises-minimum-starting-pay-adds-grocery-banking-benefits)\n\n![Aerial view of winding blue river amid green terrain](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/2da95d0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3038x2025+281+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Ffb%2F4c%2F228d200747bd80fcdcfd69ac0b26%2Fstandard-jpg-adobestock-277214915.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon’s water conservation and replenishment efforts around the world](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-water-conservation-replenishment-sustainability)\n\n![An Amazon delivery drone hovering low over a vast green grassland at sunset](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/221ab02/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F3d%2F80%2F59d5c2b94125b5453c07b30e2904%2Fabout-amazon-hero-prime-air-amazon-news-wl-20260817.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon Prime Air drone delivery is expanding to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns this year](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-expansion)\n\n![An Amazon Rivian van driving next to a wind farm during sunset. ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/36f89ca/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1686x1124+157+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F0c%2F4d%2Ff53aae614cb4b38609b59a6f8df7%2Fhero-001-amazon-rivian-sustainability-amazon-rivian-acam-19372-final-copy.JPG)\n\n- [Everything you need to know about Amazon’s electric delivery vans from Rivian](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/everything-you-need-to-know-about-amazons-electric-delivery-vans-from-rivian)\n\n### Amazon in the news\n\n- [Amazon opens new facility in Wichita suburb](https://www.ksn.com/news/business/amazon-opens-new-facility-in-wichita-suburb/)\n- [Salina Amazon distribution center brings jobs, speeds rural deliveries](https://www.kake.com/home/salina-amazon-distribution-center-brings-jobs-speeds-rural-deliveries/article_2f649c30-cc52-4581-9457-5574a8879a2e.html)\n- [‘I’m all for it’: Customers eligible for Amazon Prime Air react to same-day drone delivery](https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/im-all-for-it-customers-eligible-for-amazon-prime-air-react-to-same-day-drone-delivery)\n- [It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Amazon’s Prime Air Drones taking flight in Kansas City](https://www.kctv5.com/2026/02/09/its-bird-its-plane-its-amazons-prime-air-drones-taking-flight-kansas-city/)\n- [An up-close, inside look at Amazon's new delivery drones flying in KCK](https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/missouri/kansas-city/an-up-close-inside-look-at-amazons-new-delivery-drones-flying-in-kck)\n- [Wichita social media star helps bring crowd to community cleanup](https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article317222401.html)\n\n![An Amazon delivery drone hovering low over a vast green grassland at sunset](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/221ab02/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F3d%2F80%2F59d5c2b94125b5453c07b30e2904%2Fabout-amazon-hero-prime-air-amazon-news-wl-20260817.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon Prime Air drone delivery expands to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns—including Kansas City](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-expansion)\n\n### Unlocking opportunities\n\n![Female fulfillment center worker smiling while operating manufacturing equipment with robotic arms](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/9b378f5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fcb%2F5f%2F94f82de04f248dfc927be1fc5084%2Fbullet-train-hero-2000x1125-9.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon commits $1 billion to Career Choice employee education program as part of Future Ready 2030 fund](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-future-of-work-skills-jobs-training)\n\n![megan coghlan a process assistant at amazon standing in the foreground of an amazon fulfillment center. she is smiling with her hands on her hips and wearing yellow safety vest](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/7bc980c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1620x1080+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fd5%2F28%2F7e4834c040568be272264a797a75%2Fcareer-choice-hero-2.jpg)\n\n- [Thousands of Amazon employees are landing higher-paying jobs through Career Choice. Here’s how.](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-career-choice-high-paying-jobs)\n\n![Amazon employee](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/1b2f416/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F63%2F9a%2F654b8c8741e59c956151c9a5ee85%2Famazonhealthcarebenefits-hero-2000x1125.jpg)\n\n- [5 awesome health benefits many Amazon employees can start using on their first day](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-health-benefits)\n\n![AWS Skill Builder platform shown on computer, offering AI and cloud training](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/dbb1519/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F2b%2F39%2F86414e8f46a7980f1b16811a8cda%2Fapple-laptop-aws-skill-builder-overthesholderview.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon’s skills training programs are helping build a skilled workforce ready for tomorrow’s opportunities](https://www.aboutamazon.com/impact/amazon-ai-courses-certifications-aws-trainings)\n","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}