(CNN) – Amazon warehouse employees are getting a pay raise and free Prime membership. Amazon announced Wednesday the average starting wage has increased to more than $22 an hour, which is good news for the online retail giant’s more than 800,000 frontline employees. The company will also offer the $139 yearly Prime benefit to employees for free.

Amazon.com is raising the pay of its fulfillment and transportation staff in the United States by at least $1.50 an hour and handing out free Prime memberships as benefits, it said on Wednesday.