Amazon received $306 million in subsidies, tax breaks, and grants from Texas communities to build 13 facilities.
Advocacy group Good Jobs First, which opposes such subsidies, found Texas provided the sixth-highest amount of grants and breaks among U.S. states to the nearly $1-trillion company.
Texas is ranked behind Oregon (32 projects/$483 million) and ahead of Ohio (14 projects/$172 million), Tennessee (20 projects/$166 million), and Kentucky (21 projects/$112 million).
The most expensive subsidy provided in Texas was by the State, which offered $269 million in sales tax forgiveness in exchange for a job creation commitment.
The second largest subsidy was worth $11 million for a Chapter 380 agreement in San Marcos. These agreements offer tax incentives to companies in exchange for specific economic outcomes.
There were five developments which received undisclosed subsidy amounts.
Different from other states, Texas has a regressive tax code that forces low-wage earners to pay a higher percentage of their income on taxes than high-wage earners. This is why Texas is home to many of the U.S.'s richest CEO's, including Elon Musk, since they pay less income tax.
While some subsidy programs in Texas are incredibly transparent, local and county subsidies provides almost no transparency into what subsidies are offered and their amounts.
As of Nov. 17, 2022, Amazon had received 310 separate tax break deals from local and state governments across the U.S., totaling $5.14 billion. The state of Virginia was home to the largest portion of these taxpayer-subsidized Amazon projects.
| State | # Projects | Total Subsidy |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 20 | $824,291,799 |
| Illinois | 16 | $732,973,199 |
| New York | 22 | $671,446,986 |
| Washington | 10 | $608,644,670 |
| Oregon | 32 | $483,459,645 |
| Texas | 13 | $305,959,751 |
| Ohio | 14 | $172,418,555 |
| Tennessee | 20 | $166,030,438 |
| Kentucky | 21 | $111,789,976 |
| Missouri | 2 | $110,600,000 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | $86,979,275 |
| California | 12 | $84,541,000 |
| Michigan | 5 | $82,352,146 |
| Maryland | 3 | $68,425,000 |
| South Carolina | 5 | $64,297,962 |
| Indiana | 15 | $60,389,500 |
| Alabama | 2 | $56,500,000 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | $54,135,500 |
| Louisiana | 7 | $48,967,587 |
| New Jersey | 3 | $45,422,240 |
| Florida | 13 | $43,239,475 |
| Connecticut | 3 | $37,700,000 |
| North Carolina | 5 | $31,186,975 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | $29,557,871 |
| Georgia | 5 | $27,115,929 |
| Mississippi | 3 | $23,925,795 |
| Iowa | 2 | $22,400,000 |
| Kansas | 2 | $21,802,522 |
| Colorado | 9 | $15,779,091 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | $11,207,651 |
| Utah | 3 | $9,780,226 |
| Delaware | 2 | $7,972,500 |
| Minnesota | 1 | $5,700,000 |
| New Mexico | 1 | $5,244,071 |
| Arizona | 2 | $5,139,671 |
| Nevada | 5 | $3,251,324 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | $2,700,000 |
| Maine | 11 | $578,828 |
