Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN: Quote) said Friday that it plans to open a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in DuPont, Washington.
The company said it will create hundreds of full-time jobs with benefits at the new site. The expected investment in the project will exceed $100 million.
At the facility, Amazon employees will pick, pack and ship larger items to customers—anything from canoes to televisions, for example. Amazon fulfillment center jobs pay on average 30% more than traditional retail jobs and that doesn’t even include the stock grants that full-time employees receive, which over the past five years have added an average of 9% to base pay annually. Amazon offers full-time benefits including healthcare. The company also has a robust military recruiting program and recently committed to hire at least 1,200 veterans in the coming year.
Duke Realty, a commercial real estate developer based out of Indiana, is building the project with Amazon planning to take occupancy in the fall of 2013.
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