Berlin, Germany - January 27, 2020: Amazon Prime delivery agent during his work shift. Amazon is an American electronic online commerce company (Cineberg/Shutterstock)
SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS, N.J. — Looking for a new job? You’re not alone — and you might also have a lot of competition for that job. A new survey finds that working for Amazon isn’t just the most popular job search online currently; it’s not even remotely close.
According to researchers from Peppermonkey Media, searches for “Amazon Job” far and away outpace the other nine top job searches on Google — combined! In fact, searching for an “Amazon Job” was the most searched-for opening in the United States and globally.
Amazon, the online retail giant, generated nearly $600 billion in revenue in 2023 and is home to over 1.5 million employees worldwide. According to Indeed.com, jobs at Amazon pay anywhere from $16 an hour for “team members” to upwards of $150,000 a year for product managers.
“A lot of these people are likely searching for side hustles they can do from home. These include being an Amazon selling partner (FBA), customer service associate, or affiliate partner. For the full-timers, there are warehouse roles and delivery jobs, plus positions in marketing, finance, IT, and HR,” says Vincent Iachetta Jr., president of Peppermonkey Media, in a statement to StudyFinds.
Overall, the six-month survey found that there were a whopping 889,000 Google searches for “Amazon Job” globally and 694,000 in the United States during that time. Coming in a distant second place was “Virtual Assist,” with 217,000 searches worldwide and 101,000 in the U.S.
“This is another job that appeals to home workers and those conversant with computers, as it requires you to perform various administrative or technical tasks for one or more companies simultaneously. This type of work is great if you want flexible hours combined with the interest of working on several different projects at once,” Iachetta adds.
In third place, job seekers in the United States and the rest of the world had a difference in career aspirations. Worldwide, there were 71,000 searches for jobs as a “Data Analyst,” which finished fourth overall in the U.S. However, Americans were more interested in working as a “Flight Attendant,” generating 33,000 searches in the U.S. alone.
Top 10 Most Searched-For Jobs – Global Searches
|
Rank |
Job Title |
No. Searches |
|
1 |
Amazon Job |
889,000 |
|
2 |
Virtual Assistant |
217,000 |
|
3 |
Data Analyst |
71,000 |
|
4 |
Flight Attendant |
46,000 |
|
5 |
Delivery Driver |
33,000 |
|
6 |
Software Engineer |
32,000 |
|
7 |
Receptionist |
31,000 |
|
8 |
HR |
27,000 |
|
9 |
Administrative Assistant, Real Estate |
21,000 |
|
10 |
Personal Assistant |
19,000 |
Top 10 Most Searched-For Jobs – U.S. Searches
|
Rank |
Job Title |
No. Searches |
|
1 |
Amazon Job |
694,000 |
|
2 |
Virtual Assistant |
101,000 |
|
3 |
Flight Attendant |
33,000 |
|
4 |
Data Analyst |
30,000 |
|
5 |
Receptionist, Software Engineer |
18,000 |
|
6 |
Delivery Driver, HR |
16,000 |
|
7 |
Administrative Assistant |
15,000 |
|
8 |
Server Job, Personal Assistant |
10,000 |
|
9 |
Real Estate |
9,400 |
|
10 |
Truck Driver |
8,700 |
Deliveries are in demand
It may not be the most glamorous job in the world, but it’s fair to say delivery workers have become a critical part of modern society. With that in mind, searches for “Delivery Driver” reached the top five globally in the Peppermonkey Media survey.
“If you enjoy being out and about, why not deliver things to customers? You’d do lots of packing and unloading at the warehouse and various destinations,” Iachetta notes. “The key is to find out what necessary skills and training you need for each role and cultivate the will to succeed.”
Methodology
Peppermonkey Media used research from around the web to come up with a list of common job titles. Researchers used Ahrefs.com to discover the total number of job searches on Google, both globally and in the USA, using keywords formatted as follows: ‘[job title] jobs’ over a 6-month period. The data was then ranked and placed in tables for ease of reference.
