NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job

Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by Latteland on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @10:16PM (#18456608)

This person is wrong unless you define the worker market in some weird way that excludes other large employers like Boeing and uw. This article from 2018 lists other large employers, and Amazon looks smaller than expected https://www.tripsavvy.com/biggest-seattle-area-employers-296...

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Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by harryh on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @10:33PM (#18456669)

I think the difference is "Seattle" vs "Seattle area."

Google says that Seattle has a population of ~725k. Let's say that half of them are working. 725k * 50% * 15% ~= 54k.

54k Amazon employees in the city limits sounds at least in the ballpark.

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Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by WalterBright on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @10:56PM (#18456747)

The "Seattle area" includes Bellevue, Tacoma, etc., which about triples the number of people.

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