Amazon Boosts Warehouse Worker Pay by at Least $1.50 an Hour (1)

Amazon.com Inc. is raising the pay of its hourly warehouse workers by at least $1.50 an hour and adding Prime memberships to their benefits.

The raises will take effect this month for the hundreds of thousands of employees working for Amazon’s sprawling US logistics operation, boosting the average base wage to more than $22 an hour, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. The pay bump comes as inflation, though well below its post-pandemic highs, continues to eat away at the value of workers’ paychecks.

Employees will start receiving Prime, Amazon’s speedy shipping and video subscription service, as ...