Amazon said Monday it plans to hire 250,000 workers this holiday season as it beefs up staffing to handle what the online retailer expects to be an uptick in orders.

This marks the third year in a row the e-commerce giant has hired at least a quarter of a million additional part- and full-time workers for the busy holiday shopping period from October through December.

Amazon's hiring spree comes as the overall number of seasonal jobs this year is expected to fall to its lowest level since 2009 , according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The outplacement firm attributes the expected decline in seasonal work to higher business costs from U.S tariffs, ongoing inflationary pressures and more reliance by retailers on automation.

Amazon said its seasonal jobs pay an average of over $19

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