Major employer brings 200 jobs paying $18-$25 an hour at new Columbus facility
Amazon celebrated the opening of its 90,000-square-foot delivery station in Columbus on Thursday.
The delivery station, 5898 Osceola Court, is the first Amazon facility in Columbus. The Amazon facility, which replaced the former Pratt & Whitney warehouse at that location, has been open since December. The closest Amazon delivery station before this opening was in Macon.
In only three months, the delivery station has been responsible for “tens of thousands” of package deliveries per day in Columbus, site leader David Briceland said.
“What powers [the warehouse] is the people,” Briceland said. “The great people that have come and worked here and developed over the last three months have done a fantastic job.”
How an Amazon package is delivered
A delivery station is the last stop an Amazon package makes before arriving at your front door. Packages go from a fulfillment centerto a sorting station, where they are routed to be delivered.
This station brought 200 job opportunities to the Columbus area with 100 full-and-part time warehouse associates and 100 driver positions. Workers earn about $18-25 an hour, according to Amazon’s website.
All the positions at the Columbus delivery station have been filled, but future openings will happen around busier times like Amazon Prime Day or the holiday season, Briceland said.
Amazon’s arrival in Columbus signals city’s ‘validity’
Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson told the Ledger-Enquirer this Amazon facility opening is an important step in the city’s economic development, signaling the “validity” of major employers coming to Columbus.
“There’s a lot of activity we have, and people are beginning to see the availability of the land,” Henderson said. “We’re extremely lucky to have talented people in this community that work in the development authority to attract people.”
Georgia as a whole is in a period of economic expansion, said Georgia Department of Labor commissioner Bárbara Rivera Holmes. The state is outpacing the nation in terms of job growth and economic development.
“Every job should be celebrated, whether it’s 10 or 200,” Holmes said. “We’re celebrating that today.”
This story was originally published April 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM.