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title: "Wal-Mart to increase wages for US Workers"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/351e5476-933e-4a2d-8cb5-81fba61e85d2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/wal-mart-to-increase-wages-for-us-workers-1172
category: "Finance"
topics: ["Finance & M&A","Operations"]
published: 2015-02-19T17:12:05.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:42:19.797Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/17ea03bb6832b856cca9bcca43ac41109731.jpg
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# Wal-Mart to increase wages for US Workers

**TL;DR:** Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to increase wages for US employees to at least $9 an hour by April and an additional dollar an hour by 2016. The wage increase will affect about 500,000 full-time and part-time Wal-Mart and Sam's Club employees.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-02-19. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/wal-mart-to-increase-wages-for-us-workers-1172).*

## Story

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has announced plans to increase the pay of all U.S. employees to at least $9 an hour by April, and an additional dollar an hour by 2016. This wage increase will exceed the federal minimum wage by 24 percent. This will affect about 500,000 full-time and part-time Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club employees out of the company’s 1.4 million total.

With the nearing presidential election, the debate surrounding the richest percentile of Americans and the rest of the country has been a hot topic both in Congress and conference rooms. The move, while progressive for Wal-Mart, still has critics arguing for a $15 minimum wage. And while not a federal law, seven states, including California and Massachusetts, have already instated a $9 minimum (Minnesota will reach $9 in August).

This could be a major influence on other brands that have yet to increase wages, especially as pressures from state legislatures and the workforce continue.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- California (location)
- Walmart (company)
- massachusetts (location)
- Minnesota (location)
- minimum wage (topic)
- Congress (regulator)
- Sam's Club US (company)
- wage increase (topic)
- us workers (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/wal-mart-to-increase-wages-for-us-workers-1172). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/351e5476-933e-4a2d-8cb5-81fba61e85d2).