of 100,000. close to 12 million when you add it up. it's juxtaposed against more than nine million americans out of work. so the obvious question would be, we have more jobs available than people looking for jobs that doesn't jive. it's worrying business. let's go to susan li with more. >> companies do continue to hire. they know that this is a hot jobs market. in this type of job environment, you have to pay up to get the workers in. as you mentioned, america's biggest online retailer, amazon, is looking to fill 125,000 new jobs. they're rating the starting pay to $18 an hour and free college for eligible workers. at sam's club, hourly pay going to $15 an hour and up from $11. that's higher than the base pal and the parent company, wal-mart, that just raised the minimum wage to $12 an hour, a