Walmart is ramping up pay for its truckers because it seeks to shore up staffing amid a nationwide rush to rent drivers.
In-house truck drivers will now be capable to earn between $95,000 and $110,000 of their first yr on the firm, a Walmart spokeswoman mentioned Thursday. On the excessive finish, that’s 26% greater than the earlier common pay for newly employed drivers. Veterans of the Walmart Non-public Fleet can earn much more, the corporate mentioned in a press release.
Walmart is boosting efforts to draw and retain truckers as employers throughout the nation wrestle to maintain their 18-wheelers rolling. The U.S. has a scarcity of 80,000 drivers, in response to the American Trucking Assns. Walmart, which employs about 12,000 truck drivers, needed to rent 7,000 over the past two years, together with a file 4,500 in 2021, the spokeswoman mentioned.
The Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer additionally touted a coaching effort for workers who need to grow to be drivers. Workers in Dover, Delaware, and Dallas have earned business driver’s licenses over the course of the 12-week program, Walmart mentioned within the assertion.
