Overview
- Amazon, which released updated state totals Wednesday, reports $240 billion invested in California and more than $60 billion in Oregon since 2010.
- The company says cloud infrastructure drives much of the buildout, with $6.5 billion for California data centers and fiber since 2011 and $54.8 billion in Oregon.
- Amazon attributes $260 billion in economic contribution to California and more than $35 billion to Oregon, and it estimates 180,000 indirect jobs in California and 30,000 in Oregon.
- Operations staff average more than $23 an hour in base pay with total compensation above $30, and over 425,000 U.S. employees have used free education and skills training since 2019.
- Independent sellers based in California sold over 831 million items in 2025 and Oregon sellers topped 41 million, underscoring local small‑business reach on Amazon’s platform.