{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"0000019e-8a2e-d9da-afbe-ffee02900000","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/amazon-investment-pennsylvania-jobs-infrastructure-small-business","headline":"5 ways Amazon is investing in Pennsylvania","description":"Amazon has invested more than $40 billion in Pennsylvania, creating 31,000+ jobs and supporting local businesses and communities across the state. ","datePublished":"2026-06-19T16:56:30.072Z","dateModified":"2026-06-19T16:56:30.072Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/08549ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1125x1125+438+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2F6d%2F7fe296e642859c7ba2a629eda3ba%2Famazon-logo-hero-images-2024.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/2361c43/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F96%2F4f%2Fe8931e534197b962b8327d1d2757%2Fpittsburgh-hero-amazonnews-ck61426.jpg","width":"300","height":"200"},"articleBody":"![Pittsburg, Pennsylvania](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/2361c43/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F96%2F4f%2Fe8931e534197b962b8327d1d2757%2Fpittsburgh-hero-amazonnews-ck61426.jpg)\n\n# 5 ways Amazon is investing in Pennsylvania\n\n*Amazon's investments are boosting the Keystone State's economy while creating opportunities for Pennsylvanians. *\n\n---\n\n## Key takeaways\n\n- Amazon has invested [more than $40 billion in Pennsylvania](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/83/97/627ebbdd44aca2bacdcd074f93ca/amazoninvestment-pennsylvania-2025.pdf) since 2010, including infrastructure and employee compensation.\n- The company has more than 31,000 full- and part-time employees and supports more than 20,000 indirect jobs.\n- Amazon partners with 17 educational institutions in Pennsylvania through its [Career Choice](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/career-choice-free-education-for-amazon-employees) program and has upskilled over 4,700 employees since 2019.\n- Pennsylvania-based independent sellers sold more than 100 million items through Amazon's store.\n\n---\n\nAmazon’s roots in Pennsylvania run deep. Since first establishing operations in the state in 2004, the company has grown alongside Pennsylvania’s communities—from [fulfillment centers](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/tag/fulfillment-center) in the Lehigh Valley to [Whole Foods Market](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/tag/whole-foods-market) locations across the state to investments in upcoming cloud computing infrastructure.\n\n![Amazon employee Tré Howard works alongside a ShopBot at the automated micro fulfillment center inside Whole Foods Market in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/083132c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x918+0+0/resize/767x440!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F8b%2F2b%2F49e4749b4253ad2521ef77d99b43%2Finline007-aa-mfc-20250923-amazon-mfc037-060826jpg.JPG)\n*Tré Howard works at Amazon's first-ever automated micro fulfillment center, located inside a Whole Foods Market in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. The facility uses ShopBots to streamline order fulfillment, supplementing in-store selection with popular essentials from Amazon.com and Amazon Fresh.\nPhoto by Melissa Lyttle*\n\nToday, Pennsylvania is one of Amazon’s most significant hubs for logistics, innovation, and workforce development. The company’s more than $40 billion investment since 2010 has contributed more than $35 billion to the state’s gross domestic product, creating a ripple effect that extends well beyond Amazon’s own operations—supporting thousands of additional jobs in construction, logistics, and professional services, and helping local businesses reach customers around the world.\n\nHere are five ways Amazon is investing in Pennsylvania:\n\n## 1. Creating careers and competitive benefits for Pennsylvanians\n\nAmazon provides [competitive wages and comprehensive benefits](https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits) from Day 1. Operations employees in customer fulfillment and transportation earn an average hourly base wage of more than $23, with total compensation averaging more than $30 an hour when including benefits. \n\n![An Amazon worker at a Whole Foods Market store in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, interacts with a customer.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/f9ce2fd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x922+0+0/resize/767x442!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fb5%2F6c%2F9a9286524961a581f831b9dd51d2%2Finline001-aa-mfc-20251021-amazon-mfc1081.JPG)\n\nThese benefits include health, vision, and dental insurance starting on Day 1, free mental health resources, up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave, a 401(k), and flexible time-off options that increase with tenure.\n\n![Smiling woman wearing glasses and red headband working in Amazon fulfillment facility](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/6ea961b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+21+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fe5%2F89%2F9a9237e4474fbbf1bc660fe97a27%2Fdgt2-32-2000.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon is investing over $1 billion to raise pay and lower healthcare costs for US fulfillment and transportation employees](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-wage-increase-2025-fulfillment-transportation-employees)\n\nBeyond more than 31,000 direct jobs, Amazon's presence in Pennsylvania supports more than 20,000 indirect jobs in industries such as construction, logistics, and professional services—suppliers and partners whom we rely on every day to serve customers across the Keystone State.\n\n## 2. Preparing Pennsylvania's workforce for the future\n\nAmazon is committed to preparing its workforce for future opportunities through comprehensive education and [skills training programs](https://www.aboutamazon.com/impact/amazon-ai-courses-certifications-aws-trainings). \n\n![Female fulfillment center worker smiling while operating manufacturing equipment with robotic arms](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/838bfb3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1125+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fcb%2F5f%2F94f82de04f248dfc927be1fc5084%2Fbullet-train-hero-2000x1125-9.jpg)\n*Amazon has committed [$1 billion to Career Choice](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-future-of-work-skills-jobs-training) employee education program as part of Future Ready 2030 fund.*\n\nThrough [Career Choice](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/career-choice-free-education-for-amazon-employees), Amazon prepays tuition for employees to earn certifications and degrees in high-demand fields, even outside of Amazon. More than 4,700 Amazon operations employees in Pennsylvania have participated in Career Choice at 17 college and university partners, from Community College of Philadelphia and Community College of Allegheny County to Penn State campuses across the commonwealth, creating pathways to in-demand careers in the local job market.\n\nRecently, Amazon and Carnegie Mellon University also announced an AI Innovation Hub that will advance research in generative AI, robotics, natural-language processing and cloud computing.\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- [Everything you need to know about Career Choice, Amazon’s education benefit that prepays tuition for degrees and skills development](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/career-choice-free-education-for-amazon-employees)\n\n## 3. Powering Pennsylvania's infrastructure and cloud economy\n\n![An electric power substation in rural Pennsylvania](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/80e64f8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x788+0+0/resize/767x378!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Ff0%2F3d%2Fe597fe50475496e54531833f6a0b%2Fwarren-electric-substation.jpg)\n*Warren Electric Substation in Starbrick, Pennsylvania*\n\nSince 2010, Amazon has invested more than $40 billion in [Pennsylvania's infrastructure](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-data-centers-power-costs-white-house-pledge) and employee compensation. This includes more than $3.7 billion in data center investments, reinforcing the state's growing importance in cloud computing and AI infrastructure.\n\n![A technician inspecting wires inside a data center.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/aa8410e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+196+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F4b%2Fe7%2Fe12a46b54c04bcea40f97d429014%2Fpdx-data-center-technician.png)\n\n- [Amazon plans to invest $20 billion in Pennsylvania to expand cloud computing infrastructure and advance AI innovation](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/amazon-pennsylvania-investment-cloud-infrastructure-ai-innovation)\n\nAmazon’s physical footprint across the Keystone State includes 25 fulfillment and sortation centers, 21 delivery stations, three rural super rural (RSR) delivery stations, a Prime Now fulfillment center, and other facilities. The company has also expanded its retail footprint with 16 Whole Foods Market locations across Pennsylvania.\n\nAmazon also continues to grow its sustainable infrastructure in Pennsylvania, with 13 carbon-free energy projects that [power the equivalent of 1.6 million Pennsylvania homes](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/data-centers-electricity-bills-grid-power-amazon). In Pennsylvania, many [Amazon data centers don’t use water for cooling approximately 95% of the year](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-data-center-water-usage). Pennsylvania is also home to an [AWS Infrastructure Region](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-carbon-footprint-ai-workload) supporting businesses and organizations throughout the state and beyond. \n\n## 4. Helping Pennsylvania's small businesses reach the world\n\nAmazon provides a powerful opportunity for Pennsylvania's entrepreneurs and small businesses to reach customers worldwide. Pennsylvania-based independent sellers—primarily small and medium-sized businesses—sold more than 100 million items through Amazon's store, with the average seller generating more than $305,000 in annual sales.\n\n![Laura Bergman of Bottled Up Designs creates handmade jewelry from recycled glass in her Pennsylvania home studio, selling through Amazon Handmade.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/b2d7680/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fa2%2F88%2F24730be9473fb9c2302678448bd3%2Finline-laurabergman-pasmallbusinessowner-ad-060826-copy.png)\n*Laura Bergman, founder of [Bottled Up Designs](https://sellingpartners.aboutamazon.com/glass-half-full-artisan-says-selling-on-amazon-is-life-changing), creates handmade jewelry from recycled glass found in rural Pennsylvania. She sells her creations to customers nationwide through Amazon Handmade.*\n\nThese independent sellers represent more than 60% of sales in Amazon's store. Their success contributes significantly to local economies, with more than 65% of U.S. independent sellers employing at least one person within 50 miles of their primary business location. \n\nBy providing infrastructure, logistics support, and access to millions of customers, Amazon enables Pennsylvania's small businesses to scale their operations and create additional jobs throughout the state.\n\n## 5. Strengthening communities across the Keystone State\n\n![Amazon employees volunteer at a local food bank in the Puget Sound region of Washington state](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/fc8c96a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1125+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F44%2F01%2F463d4cdd4e5abc513f54a059a394%2Ffoodsecurity-inline-amazonnews-ck61426.jpg)\n*From truckloads of produce to doorstep deliveries, Amazon is committed to using our scale, speed, and delivery expertise to improve [access to food in our communities](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/amazon-expands-food-access-delivery).\nPhoto by Jordan Stead*\n\nAmazon uses its global scale and strengths to make a positive impact in communities. Working with trusted community partners, we address critical needs—[food security](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/tag/food), [education](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/tag/education), [disaster relief](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/tag/disaster-relief)—using our logistics, technology, and innovation, while investing as a good neighbor in the communities where our employees live and work.\n\n![Two employees holding server racks in a data center.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/520a887/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+313+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F25%2F63%2F84ebec194a4ba78f281a3c669c43%2Fabout-amazon-hero-dscf9098.jpg)\n\n- [How Amazon is making its data centers even more sustainable](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-data-center-ai-circularity)\n\nIn Pennsylvania, Amazon has donated more than $7 million to over 35 local community organizations. The company has delivered more than 900,000 meals on behalf of food banks and nonprofits across the state, reached more than 50,000 students and 2,000 teachers through education programs, and supported 700,000 computer science learning hours. More than 3,000 Amazon employees have volunteered in communities across Pennsylvania.\n\nLearn more about how Amazon is [investing in Pennsylvania](https://www.aboutamazon.com/impact/amazon-pennsylvania) and [the U.S.](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/how-amazon-is-investing-in-the-us)","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"]}}}