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In this case, thereâs good reason to think that Walmart needed to raise wages anyway: Labor markets are tight, and in a number of areas, the company is now contending with locally imposed minimum wages that are already forcing Walmart to raise wages to $11 an hour, or even higher.
A Wal-Mart worker making $9 an hour would have to work 2.8 million hours to match the CEOâs pay. Tom Huddleston, Jr. The world's largest retailer announced wage hikes for its U.S. employees Thursday, raising its minimum hourly wage to at least $9.