Amazon pumps nearly $13 billion into Tennessee economy
This story was updated Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at 10:18 p.m. to correct dollar amount in the headline.
Since Amazon built its first fulfillment center in Tennessee at the Enterprise South in Chattanooga in 2010, the e-commerce giant has hired more than 25,000 workers and invested nearly $13 billion in facilities and payroll across the Volunteer State, according to a new economic study released Wednesday.
Despite its ongoing threat and undermining of many traditional brick-and-mortar retail outlets, Amazon has helped add an estimated 64,000 direct and indirect jobs in Tennessee through its network of warehouses, distribution facilities and stores. Amazon’s fulfillment centers in Chattanooga and Charleston and its Whole Food grocery outlets in North Chattanooga and East Brainerd employ more than 5,000 full- and part-time jobs during the busiest shipping times of the year, making Amazon one of…
