Amazon HQ2 employment up to 600 workers in Virginia

Amazon’s second headquarters, based in Arlington, has hired 600 workers and it plans to hire about 1,000 more by the end of the calendar year, the Washington Business Journal reported.

As part of its deal with the Commonwealth of Virginia, Amazon must hire at least 25,000 workers to receive its full amount of subsidies. The company intends to reach this number by 2030 and continue to grow by thousands of workers in the immediate years after. The average salary for jobs at the headquarters is expected to be higher than $150,000 annually.