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September 18, 2025

Supply Chain by the Numbers for September 18, 2025

Amazon Hiking Wages again. US Manufacturing Flat again in August. Companies with Private Fleets Hiring Carriers in Record Numbers. Target Touts Fulfillment Prowess


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$1 Billion
That is how much Amazon says it’s spending to raise wages and lower the cost of healthcare plans for its US fulfillment and transportation workers. The Seattle-based company said Wednesday the average pay is increasing to more than $23 per hour and said that some of its most tenured employees will see an increase between $1.10 and $1.90 per hour. Full-time employees, on average, will see their pay increase by $1,600 per year.

19%

That was the share of the outbound freight of firms that operate their own fleet that recently went with for-hire carriers. That gave common carriers their largest portion of business in the history of the National Private Truck Council survey after a 3-percentage-point year-over-year increase, the data showed when it was released this week. Private fleet owners took advantage of continued excess capacity in the for-hire market and subsequent rate recession to secure better terms and cut their costs, the trade group said.



100.3
That was the level of US manufacturing output in August, as represented in the monthly index from the Federal Reserve Bank, which was released this week. That was up just a little from July (with a score of 100.0), as the index has been in range that has seen it hover around the 99 -100 level for more than six months, with no real growth, but not recessionary declines either. The index was up 0.9% versus August of 2024. But at an index level of 100.3, it means US manufacturing output is now just about equal to that of the baseline year of 2017 (index = 100) now eight years later. It is also well below the all-time high of about 108, reached in late 2007.



55
That is how many new major metro US metro areas that Target will offer same day deliver from, 35 now and 20 more in 2026.That according to a blog post this week. The blog noted that over 80% of the US population can now get same-day delivery from Target — for no extra cost for Target Circle 360 members and 99% can get their items within two days. And Target adds that nearly 2,000 stores across the country have same-day Order Pickup and Drive Up. The blog also noted that Target is “tailoring the next-day delivery method market by market based on local capabilities and needs.”

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