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Amazon is catching up to major employer Walmart
The largest private employer in the United States is none Walmart, the big-box store retailer founded in Arkansas in 1962.
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Today, Walmart employs 1.5 million people in the United States, and 2.2 million employees worldwide. Comparatively, the U.S. government employs more than 2 million people.
An employee sorts clothes displayed for sale at a Walmart de Mexico SAB store during Buen Fin in Mexico City, Mexico, on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Walmart promoted about 200,000 of its workers in 2019 and company officials said 75 percent of its store management team members started as hourly associates.
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Walmart's starting hourly pay has been $11 since 2018. Meanwhile, its e-commerce rival Amazon has a minimum wage of $15 an hour and, before the coronavirus pandemic, it was expected to employ nearly one million people by end of 2020.
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
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| WMT | WALMART INC. | 59.27 | -0.38 | -0.64% |
Walmart said in April it was hiring 50,000 new associates in mostly temporary positions, including delivery drivers.
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“While many of these associates want temporary employment that serves as a bridge during this time, we also expect others to convert to permanent roles,” the company said in a press release.
After announcing its initial hiring spree in March, Walmart was hiring up to 5,000 people a day.
President Donald Trump listens as Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, April 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon started working at Walmart as a teen. Just like Walmart, McMillon can trace his early days back to Arkansas. At 17, he got his first job with the company: loading trucks at a northwest Arkansas distribution center.
Now, the 53-year-old has been head honcho at Walmart, which brought in more than $500 billion last year, since 2014.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.