Sortation centers like the one poised to come to Hogansville are an earlier stop for many packages, designed to improve efficiency for routing and transportation. Packages end up at “last-mile” facilities, where they’re loaded for local delivery.

Massie said the jobs will have “competitive pay and comprehensive benefits,” since Amazon’s customer fulfillment and transportation networks in the U.S. offer hourly employees an average pay of more than $22 an hour, the release said. There are more than 31,000 full- and part-time Amazon employees in Georgia.