Amazon is upping its presence in the Mid-South with two new facilities: a delivery station in North Memphis and a fulfillment center in Byhalia, Mississippi.
The company expects to employ hundreds at each facility and will pay a starting wage of $15 per hour plus benefits.
The delivery station on Hawkins Mill Road is expected to launch next year. It is part of Amazon’s last-mile delivery efforts to speed up deliveries for customers in the region. Packages are transported to delivery stations from fulfillment and sorting centers, and then loaded into vehicles for delivery to customers.
Amazon has more than 250 delivery stations in the U.S., four of which are in Tennessee.
“Amazon has confidence in our city and our workforce,” said Ted Townsend, chief economic development officer for the Greater Memphis Chamber. “With the addition of hundreds of new jobs at their North Memphis facility, Amazon will now employ over 5,000 Memphians. Working together to bring those jobs to Memphis include our partners at the State of Tennessee, City of Memphis, Shelby County, MLGW, TVA, EDGE and Workforce Midsouth.”
The company says it has invested more than $8.9 billion across the state, including infrastructure and compensation, which has contributed an additional $8.7 billion to the Tennessee economy and has helped create more than 12,700 indirect jobs on top of Amazon’s direct hires.
The Byhalia fulfillment center, expected to open later this year, will use new technologies to pick, pack, and ship larger customer items such as mattresses, kayaks, grills, and exercise equipment.
Amazon says it has created more than 2,000 full- and part-time jobs in Mississippi since 2010. The company says it has invested more than $120 million across the state, including infrastructure and compensation. These investments have contributed an additional $100 million to the state’s economy and have helped create more than 1,000 indirect jobs above Amazon’s direct hires.
