Amazon.com Inc. is boasting a whopping $34 billion investment in Virginia from 2010 to 2020 in its latest economic impact report.
According to the 2021 U.S. Economic Impact report produced for the company by Keystone Strategy and released Wednesday, Amazon’s investment in Virginia makes up 6% of the company’s total U.S. investment since 2010. It’s the third-largest among the states, only exceeded by Washington and California, the report says.
Out of Amazon’s total dollars dedicated to infrastructure and compensation in Virginia, Northern Virginia has collected the vast majority — almost 84% — a tally of $28.5 billion from 2010 to 2020, company spokeswoman Emily Hawkins said.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) said it has filled a total of 27,000 full- and part-time jobs on corporate, technology, logistics and operations teams in Virginia since 2010.
