This confusion stops more workers from enrolling than almost anything else. The cost to the employee for the GED program is zero — but the mechanism matters. Amazon pays the education provider directly on your behalf. You do not pay first and submit receipts; the money never passes through your account. This is a prepaid model, and it is meaningfully different from the tuition reimbursement programs many other employers run.
Career Choice does have an annual cap that often confuses people — approximately $5,250 per year for full-time employees, aligned with the IRS Section 127 tax-free education assistance limit. That cap applies to the college tuition pathway: degree programs, certificates, and coursework billed per credit. The GED through GEDWorks operates differently — it is delivered as a bundled free program rather than a per-credit tuition arrangement, so do not assume the $5,250 figure limits what you can access for your GED. If you are weighing the broader price of testing, our how much does the GED cost guide breaks down the standard fees. Verify the exact GED-arm terms with your HR team before enrolling, since Amazon describes the college and GED arms under different funding structures.
Five steps, each one building on the last.
Confirm your eligibility. Verify that you have completed 90 days as a direct Amazon hourly employee in a full-time or part-time role, and check whether your site participates. Your HR team can confirm both in a single conversation.
Log in to the Career Choice portal. Access it through the A to Z app on your work device or your Amazon employee benefits page. The login is internal and requires your Amazon work credentials — there is no public-facing login page. If you cannot find it, ask site HR for the direct link.
Select the Foundations track. Inside the portal, navigate to Foundations and select the GED option. This connects you to the GEDWorks enrollment process and begins matching you with your personal advisor. Read what is included before accepting enrollment.
Work with your GEDWorks advisor. A bilingual advisor reviews your starting level and builds a custom study plan across the four GED subjects: Mathematical Reasoning, Reasoning Through Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. They track your progress and schedule your practice tests before recommending you sit the official exam.
Sit your free official GED test. When your advisor confirms you are ready, you take the official GED at no cost — Amazon has pre-paid the fee. Arriving with an advisor-approved preparation plan behind you puts you firmly on the right side of the pass-rate statistics.
Mathematical Reasoning is where most working adults struggle most after years away from a classroom. If that is you, our guide on what math is on the GED shows exactly what the section tests so you can tell your advisor where to focus.
GEDWorks is a genuinely strong program — for eligible Amazon employees it is one of the most complete employer-sponsored GED benefits available anywhere. If you qualify, enrolling is the obvious first move. But not every reader qualifies right now. Some are under 90 days. Some are DSP contractors who found this article while researching Amazon before applying. Some are not at Amazon at all and are comparing options across employers. For every one of those situations, a direct path exists.
Twigera is an online GED prep platform built specifically for working adults who need a structured, flexible route without waiting for an employer eligibility window to open. According to GED Testing Service, over 800,000 people are actively working toward their GED right now. The difference between those who finish and those who stall is almost always preparation structure — not intelligence or available time. Twigera fits when you are under 90 days at Amazon, when you are a DSP contractor or seasonal worker outside the eligibility definition, or when you want video-led lessons and a subject-by-subject approach built for adult learners.
Some eligible Amazon employees even use GEDWorks for the free test fees and supplement their preparation with Twigera for Mathematical Reasoning, where general materials often leave gaps. Either way, start with a free GED diagnostic so you study strategically rather than broadly — it identifies exactly which subjects need the most work before you commit your time.
Amazon Career Choice funds your GED in full through the Foundations program. The test fee, study materials, personal advisor, and tutoring are all covered through GEDWorks at zero cost to eligible employees. Eligibility opens after 90 days as an hourly Amazon worker, and the benefit is prepaid, not reimbursed. Claim it if you have it: log into your Career Choice portal, select Foundations, and let your GEDWorks advisor take it from there.
Not there yet? Use the time before your eligibility window opens to get ahead. A free diagnostic costs nothing and tells you exactly where to focus — so the day your benefit opens, you walk in ready.
