Overview

• The wage boost takes effect in September and lifts unskilled entry pay to at least €15.65 per hour.
• Currently 22 of Amazon’s roughly 90 German logistics sites pay €16 or more at entry, a figure set to climb to 52.
• From September, logistics staff with two years’ tenure can expect an average gross annual salary above €40,000.
• Amazon Germany has raised logistics wages each year since 2014 but continues to reject binding collective bargaining.
• The company employs around 40,000 people in Germany, most of whom work in its expanding network of logistics centers.