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 emplo...