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Amazon received $68 million in subsidies, tax breaks, and grants from Maryland communities for three projects.
Advocacy group Good Jobs First, which opposes such subsidies, found Maryland provided the 14th-highest amount of grants and breaks among U.S. states to the nearly $1-trillion company.
Maryland is ranked behind Michigan (5 projects/$82 million) and ahead of South Carolina (5 projects/$64 million), Indiana (15 projects/$60 million), and Alabama (2 projects/$57 million).
The most expensive subsidy provided in Maryland was by the Baltimore City government, which offered $45 million to Amazon in various subsidies, including $35.5 million in EZ tax breaks, other tax credits, grants, forgivable loans and cheaper electricity rates.
The second largest subsidy was worth $16 million for EZ tax breaks, sales tax abatements and forgivable loans for a project at Sparrows Point in Dundalk.
There were no developments which received undisclosed subsidy amounts.
Maryland provides a substantial amount of modest subsidies, spreading out the number of companies and industries which receive tax breaks and credits.
Little information is provided about job and wage outcomes for each subsidy, but the state does provide an annual performance report full of important data for taxpayers.
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 |
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