Amazon.com Inc.

06/04/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 06/04/2026 03:40

Amazon commits $1 billion to Career Choice employee education program as part of Future Ready 2030 fund

Key takeaways

  • Amazon is investing in education programs to prepare 50 million people for the future of work.
  • Future Ready 2030 empowers both Amazon employees and the broader workforce to thrive in a rapidly changing labor market.
  • $1 billion will go toward Amazon's Career Choice program, helping employees advance their education.
When we launched an upskilling commitment in 2019, we set what felt like an ambitious goal: help 100,000 employees gain new skills by 2025. I'm proud to say that in that time, we helped more than 700,000 employees globally-including 425,000 in the U.S. and 275,000 outside the U.S.-exceeding our target seven times over.
This success reinforces something we've always believed and embraced: When you remove barriers to education, you create pathways that help people build the careers they want. And as the demand for learning continues to grow, we need to think even bigger about preparing people for what's coming next.
That's why in October 2025 we introduced Future Ready 2030-a $2.5 billion commitment to expand access to education and skills training and help prepare at least 50 million people for the future of work. This will benefit Amazon employees, students, and many others, because we believe that in a rapidly changing economy, people deserve the tools to adapt, build a career, and thrive.

Everything you need to know about Career Choice, Amazon's education benefit that pre-pays tuition for degrees and skills development

Launched in 2012, Career Choice is an education and training benefit that helps eligible hourly employees grow their skills for career success at Amazon or elsewhere.

Today, we're announcing that $1 billion from the fund will go to Career Choice, a program open to all salaried employees in the U.S. (Level 4 and above) and 13 other countries.
Career Choice is designed to empower employees to learn new skills for career success at Amazon or elsewhere, providing access to prepaid education and training opportunities that prepare them for in-demand careers. Over 300,000 employees globally have participated in Career Choice since 2012.
The $1 billion commitment means Amazon plans to upskill another 500,000 employees globally. The program will evolve across all 14 countries where it operates to focus on areas of job growth: cybersecurity, software development, logistics, renewable energy, and mechatronics. Courses are designed to offer flexibility around varying work schedules.

Building skills across every stage of work

Our expanded commitment includes Amazon employees and reaches beyond our walls because we know that Amazon is part of the fabric of communities across America. New opportunities are emerging that demand creativity, adaptability, and lifelong learning. People want to build new skills to help them seize those opportunities, and we want to help empower them on that journey.
Future Ready 2030 helps address this by connecting education directly to real employment outcomes across every stage of the career journey. We're inspiring K-12 students through programs like Amazon Future Engineer. We're opening doors for early-career talent through AWS Educate programs that prepare students for cloud-based jobs, and apprenticeships like our Mechatronics and Robotics program, where graduates can earn up to 58% more per year than typical starting wages for entry-level roles.

Amazon Future Ready

Emerging technologies are creating tremendous opportunities for people around the world, and we're committed to unlocking their full potential in ways that positively impact our employees and communities.

Beyond Career Choice, we also continue to upskill current employees through initiatives like AWS Skill Builder, which helps employees earn globally recognized AWS certifications in fields such as machine learning and AI, and Machine Learning University (MLU), which trains employees to build AI solutions for Amazon's unique business challenges. Amazon covers the cost of one AWS AI or Machine Learning certification exam per year for every employee.

Our commitment to the workforce of the future

Whether someone dreams of working at Amazon, works here now, or has moved on to their next chapter, our goal is the same: helping them have access to the education and training needed to thrive in whatever comes next.
The future of work is being written right now and, with Future Ready 2030, we're committed to ensuring that story includes opportunities for everyone willing to learn and grow.
For information about our broader workforce development programs, check out these Amazon skills training programs.
Career Choice is available to salaried employees in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Australia, Costa Rica, South Africa, Czech Republic, and Slovakia.
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