The e-commerce giant on Wednesday announced that, in addition to increasing front-line workers' pay by at least $1.50 an hour, the company will also now offer its Prime membership as a perk starting next year.
"Our front-line team members across our operations are a big part in bringing the magic of Prime to customers, and starting early next year, Prime will become part of their benefits package," Amazon vice president of worldwide operations Udit Madan wrote in a blog post announcing the new benefits.
Even with the new boost to an average base wage of more than $22 an hour, Amazon warehouse workers' pay is still far lower than that of their white-collar colleagues.
As the No. 2 company on the Fortune 500, Amazon employs more than 1.5 million people and said the new wage increase represents a total investment of more than $2.2 billion in its workforce.
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