Cars sit in the parking lot at the Amazon regional distribution center on June 6, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Amazon is expanding into more self delivery of their packages. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
In the four years since Amazon became the leading employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients, the retail giant has surged from having 7,892 employees and dependents on Medicaid to 18,093.
That’s a 143% increase since 2020.
It’s also almost double the number of people associated with Walmart, the second largest employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients.
The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services each year analyzes the number of Medicaid recipients working full time at businesses with 50 or more employees. Many interpret the list as a who’s who of the corporations that are not paying workers enough, since Medicaid eligibility is largely dependent on income.
The 2025 report, released this month, shows relatively few changes to the top 20 list of employers with the most number of employees enrolled in Nevada Medicaid. But it notes that the number of Amazon employees enrolled in Medicaid is rapidly growing compared to other top employers.