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Number of Amazon Employees (2024)

by Fabio Duarte
June 10, 2024

As Amazon continues to grow as a multinational company, so has its workforce.

Today, millions of people use Amazon every day, but how many are employed by the American conglomerate?

We’ll explore that, and much more, below:

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Top Amazon Employees Statistics

  • Amazon employs over 1.52 million people

  • Since 2007, Amazon’s personnel has expanded by over 90x

  • Over half (56.8%) of Amazon’s workforce is male

  • About 1/3rd (31.9%) of Amazon employees are White

How Many Amazon Employees Are There?

According to Amazon’s latest Annual Report, Amazon employs approximately 1,521,000 full-time and part-time employees.

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Sources: Amazon, Statista

Number of Amazon Employees Over Time (Annually)

Over the last 15 years, the number of Amazon employees has grown at an increasing rate:

Between 2007 and 2012, the number of Amazon employees increased by 71,400.

Whereas between 2012 and 2017, Amazon employees grew by 477,600.

And between 2017 and 2022, this figure increased to 975,000.

In fact, the number of Amazon employees has only dropped twice since 2007. In 2021, Amazon employed around 1,608,000 people – 67,000 fewer than 2022’s end-of-year total (1,541,000).

Since 2007 (17,000 employees), the number of Amazon employees has increased by over 90x.

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Here’s a breakdown of the number of employees that work at Amazon over time:

Year

Amazon Employees

Change Over Previous Year

Change Over Previous Year (%)

2007

17,000

-

2008

20,700

↑ 2,300

↑ 21.76%

2009

24,300

↑ 3,600

↑ 17.39%

2010

33,700

↑ 9,400

↑ 38.68%

2011

56,200

↑ 22,500

↑ 66.77%

2012

88,400

↑ 32,200

↑ 57.3%

2013

117,300

↑ 28,900

↑ 32.69%

2014

154,100

↑ 36,800

↑ 31.37%

2015

230,800

↑ 76,700

↑ 49.77%

2016

341,400

↑ 110,600

↑ 47.92%

2017

566,000

↑ 224,600

↑ 65.79%

2018

647,500

↑ 81,500

↑ 14.4%

2019

798,000

↑ 140,500

↑ 23.24%

2020

1,298,000

↑ 500,000

↑ 62.66%

2021

1,608,000

↑ 310,000

↑ 23.88%

2022

1,541,000

↓ 67,000

↓ 4.17%

2023

1,525,000

↓ 16,000

↓ 1.04%

2024

1,521,000

↓ 4,000

↓ 0.26%

Sources: Amazon, Statista, MacroTrends

Number of Amazon Employees Over Time (Monthly)

Quarterly analysis of Amazon employee numbers reflects a similar upward trend. 

From the analysis period (Q1 2018 to Q1 2024), only 7 of 24 quarters saw a drop in Amazon employees.

The three biggest changes in employee numbers during this period are as follows:

  • #1 - Q2 2020 → Q3 2020 (248,500)
  • #2 - Q3 2020 → Q4 2020 (172,700)
  • #3 - Q3 2021 → Q4 2021 (140,000)

Here are the Amazon quarterly employment figures in full:

Quarter

Amazon Employees

Change Over Previous Year

Change Over Previous Year (%)

Q1 2018

563,100

-

-

Q2 2018

575,700

↑ 12,600

↑ 2.24%

Q3 2018

613,300

↑ 37,600

↑ 6.53%

Q4 2018

647,500

↑ 34,200

↑ 5.58%

Q1 2019

630,600

↓ 16,900

↓ 2.61%

Q2 2019

653,300

↑ 22,700

↑ 3.6%

Q3 2019

750,000

↑ 96,700

↑ 14.8%

Q4 2019

798,000

↑ 48,000

↑ 6.4%

Q1 2020

840,400

↑ 42,400

↑ 5.31%

Q2 2020

876,800

↑ 36,400

↑ 4.33%

Q3 2020

1,125,300

↑ 248,500

↑ 28.34%

Q4 2020

1,298,000

↑ 172,700

↑ 15.35%

Q1 2021

1,271,000

↓ 27,000

↓ 2.08%

Q2 2021

1,335,000

↑ 64,000

↑ 5.04%

Q3 2021

1,468,000

↑ 133,000

↑ 9.96%

Q4 2021

1,608,000

↑ 140,000

↑ 9.54%

Q1 2022

1,622,000

↑ 14,000

↑ 0.87

Q2 2022

1,523,000

↓ 99,000

↓ 6.1%

Q3 2022

1,544,000

↑ 21,000

↑ 1.38%

Q4 2022

1,541,000

↓ 3,000

↓ 0.19%

Q1 2023

1,465,000

↓ 76,000

↓ 4.93%

Q2 2023

1,461,000

↓ 4,000

↓ 0.27%

Q3 2023

1,500,000

↑ 39,000

↑ 2.67%

Q4 2023

1,525,000

↑ 25,000

↑ 1.67%

Q1 2024

1,521,000

↓ 4,000

↓ 0.26%

Sources: Amazon, Statista

Amazon Workforce by Gender

As of 2022, 56.8% of Amazon’s workforce were male, while 43.1% were female.

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Those figures represent a shift from 2018’s 58.1% male/41.9% female split.

Here’s a closer look at the Amazon workforce by gender over time:

Year

Male

Change Over Year

Female

Change Over Year

2018

58.1%

-

41.9%

-

2019

57.3%

↓ 0.8%

42.7%

↑ 0.8%

2020

55.4%

↓ 1.9%

44.6%

↑ 1.9%

2021

55.2%

↓ 0.2%

44.8%

↑ 0.2%

2022

56.8%

↑ 1.6%

43.1%

↓ 1.7%

Focusing specifically on the US, Amazon’s employee gender split is even more balanced.

As of 2021, 53% of Amazon workers were male and 47% were female.

This is the full picture in the US:

Year

Male

Change Over Year

Female

Change Over Year

2018

55.5%

-

44.5%

-

2019

54.6%

↓ 0.9%

45.4%

↑ 0.9%

2020

53.1%

↓ 1.5%

46.9%

↑ 1.5%

2021

53%

↓ 0.1%

47%

↑ 0.1%

2022

54.3%

↑ 1.3%

45.5%

↓ 1.5%

Source: Amazon

Amazon Workforce by Ethnicity

Broken down by ethnicity, around 1 in 3 (31.9%) Amazon employees are White – a figure that continues to drop annually.

This comes at a time when Black (26.1%) and LatinX (23.5%) Amazon workers are on the rise.

Here’s a detailed look at Amazon employees by ethnicity over time:

Year

White

Black

LatinX

Asian

Multiracial

Native American

2018

38.4%

24.8%

17.3%

14.6%

3.7%

1.3%

2019

34.6%

26.4%

18.6%

15.4%

3.6%

1.3%

2020

32.1%

26.5%

22.8%

13.6%

3.6%

1.5%

2021

30.2%

28.2%

23.6%

13.2%

3.3%

1.5%

2022

31.9%

26.1%

23.5%

16.6%

1.8%

1.8%

And here’s how the makeup of Amazon’s workforce has changed between 2018 and 2022:

White

Black

LatinX

Asian

Multiracial

Native American

Change

↓ 6.5%

↑ 1.3% 

↑ 6.2% 

↑ 2% 

↓ 1.9%

↑ 0.5% 

Source: Amazon

Amazon Workforce by Role

The distribution of gender and ethnicity within the Amazon workforce varies massively depending on job role.

For instance, senior leadership roles are dominated by males (76.9%). And approximately 2 in 3 senior leaders are White (66.4%).

In contrast, field & customer support has a far more even distribution with a 51.7% male workforce. And a maximum of 5.5% separates Black (32.7%), LatinX (27.2%), and White (26.7%) Amazon employees in this field of work.

Here’s the data in full:

Workforce Avg.

Field & Customer Support

Corporate Employees

People Managers

Senior Leaders

Male

55.2%

51.7%

67.2%

69.2%

76.9%

Female

44.8%

48.3%

32.8%

30.8%

23.1%

White

30.2%

26.7%

44.6%

53.1%

66.4%

Black

28.2%

32.7%

8.5%

12%

5.5%

LatinX

23.6%

27.2%

8.7%

10.9%

4.5%

Asian

13.2%

8.2%

34.4%

19.9%

21.5%

Multiracial

3.3%

3.3%

3.2%

3.3%

1.8%

Native American

1.5%

1.7%

0.6%

0.7%

0.2%

And this is how the Amazon employee landscape has changed between 2018 and 2021:

Change

Workforce Avg.

Field & Customer Support

Corporate Employees

People Managers

Senior Leaders

Male

↓ 2.9%

↓ 1.5%

↓ 3.2%

↓ 3.5%

↓ 3.1%

Female

↑ 2.9%

↑ 1.5%

↑ 3.2%

↑ 3.5%

↑ 3.1%

White

↓ 8.2%

↓ 7.2%

↓ 6.1%

↓ 8%

↓ 7.9%

Black

↑ 3.4% 

↑ 1.1%

↑ 3.6%

↑ 4.8%

LatinX

↑ 6.3%

↑ 6%

↑ 2.6%

↑ 3.4%

Asian

↓ 1.4%

↑ 0.7%

↓ 0.6%

↓ 0.7%

Multiracial

↓ 0.4%

↓ 0.7%

↑ 0.2%

↑ 0.3%

Native American

↑ 0.2% 

↑ 0.2% 

↑ 0.1%

↑ 0.1%

Source: Amazon

Amazon Workforce by Age

According to Zippia, the average employee at Amazon is 20 to 30 years old. Over half (54%) of all Amazon employees fall within this age bracket.

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Just 17% of all Amazon workers are over 40 years old.

Here are the Amazon employee age figures:

Age Group

Proportion of Amazon Employees

18 to 20 years

19%

20 to 30 years

54%

30 to 40 years

17%

40+ years

8%

Source: Zippia

Conclusion

Despite a recent dip in employee numbers, the long-term trend points towards a growing Amazon workforce.

Especially considering the company’s continued presence as an internet juggernaut.

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