Nearly 180,000 Walmart employees are based in Texas, according to the company, currently earning an average hourly wage of $16.72.
Water is stocked at Walmart after a boil water notice was issued for the entire city of Houston on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, at Walmart on S. Post Oak Road in Houston.Walmart will raise wages and boost benefits, the company announced Tuesday, as a tight labor market in conjunction with worker expectations appear to put pressure on employers in all sectors.
The company will raise its starting wage from $12 to $14 an hour, it said, as well as give raises to current store associates starting with March paychecks. The increases should bring Walmart's average hourly wage to $17.50 an hour, the company said, up from about $17 across the nation andThe move comes as the labor market remains tight in virtually every sector, in both the Houston region and across the United States. The regional unemployment rate stood at 3.
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