Amazon.com Inc. has hired more than 3,000 people for its Arlington second headquarters so far, the tech giant said Wednesday.
That means Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has reached at least 12% of the 25,000-employee minimum that it has pledged to hire by 2030. If it makes that goal, it earns a total of $550 million in cash incentives from Virginia. Amazon could receive an additional $200 million in state funds if the company hires a total of 37,850 people by 2035.
Amazon declined to provide an exact HQ2 jobs figure. Wednesday’s announcement is the first update — and reflects a doubling — of the company’s local hiring count since December, when it put the HQ2 employee total at 1,600. A company spokeswoman said Amazon, which had said earlier this year it would heavily ramp up hiring in 2021, is on track for its local jobs and investment goals.
