Walmart store managers average $175,000 a year. Many employees still earn below the poverty line.
Walmart said its store managers now average $175,000 a year, while its full-time hourly worker average $14.26 an hour, as the country’s largest private employer tries to attract workers in an ever-tightening job market. Starting wages at Walmart have risen more than 50 percent in the past three years, according to a company report released this week. Salaries have also continued to rise for store managers, whose pay is calculated based on factors including the size of a store and its sales. "In many cases, our store managers will be running the biggest business in their communities, with as much as $100 million in sales,” said Kory Lundberg, a spokesman for Walmart. “This is a recognition of their efforts.” But labor advocacy groups say the retailer’s hourly pay is still too low for many of its workers. “Too many people who work at Walmart are stuck in part-time, low-wage jobs,” said Cyndi Murray, a Walmart employee and member of United for Respect, an employee
