Amazon has announced over $1.2 trillion in U.S. investments since 2010, encompassing infrastructure and employee compensation. In Ohio, the company has invested $35 billion during this period.
According to Amazon, these investments have contributed approximately $1 trillion to the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) based on the input-output methodology developed by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In 2023 alone, Amazon invested $244 billion in the U.S., supporting 4.8 million jobs. This total includes 1 million direct full- and part-time jobs, over 2 million indirect jobs in sectors such as construction and logistics, and 1.8 million jobs created through independent sellers operating on Amazon.com, primarily small and medium-sized businesses.
In Ohio specifically, Amazon's investment of $35 billion since 2010 has contributed $31 billion to the state’s GDP. As of January 2024, Amazon has created 38,000 full- and part-time jobs in Ohio and supported an additional 72,000 indirect jobs using the same input-output methodology from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. More than 11,000 independent sellers, mainly small and medium-sized businesses, are active on Amazon’s platform in Ohio.
The company's presence in Ohio includes significant infrastructure: 18 fulfillment and sortation centers, 17 delivery stations, one air hub, eleven Whole Foods Market locations, four Amazon Hub Locker+ locations, two Prime Now fulfillment centers, an AWS infrastructure region, one wind farm, and nineteen solar farms. Additionally, Amazon Original Movies and Series such as "Phat Tuesdays" have been filmed in Ohio.
Amazon provides a wide range of services including online and in-person shopping options, fresh produce delivery services, media distribution platforms like Alexa and Fire TV devices, cloud solutions through Amazon Web Services (AWS), logistics operations including customer service support functions as well as entertainment content via platforms like Amazon Originals series/movies or Prime Video/Audible offerings.