Amazon.com raises hourly pay through $1B investment
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Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is boosting the hourly wages and benefits provided to its warehouse and shipping workers.
Those raises comes through a new investment of about $1B over a year, the company says.
Starting pay for those in customer fulfillment and transportation will average more than $19 per hour, up from a previous $18 per hour, while its hourly minimum wage remains unchanged, at $15 per hour.

Employee will earn between $16 and $26 per hour depending on their position and U.S. location, Amazon says.
Meanwhile, a new benefit means employees can collect pay at any point during the month. And Amazon says it's making additional investments in career development programs.
Earlier Wednesday, Amazon unveiled a swath of new hardware, including updates to its Kindle, Echo, and Fire TV product lines.