For a couple of years, the minimum wage was set by the Federal government at $7.25 per hour in any type of workforce. But of course some states have established a higher minimum wage than the one set by the federal government. While other states have chosen to keep it the same amount of $7.25. The amount of the minimum wage also varies based off the individual's profession. A person who just recently becomes a doctor will start off with a higher minimum wage than a person who just got a job at a retail store. Recently, there has been a huge movement throughout the whole country to raise the federal standard of the minimum wage. The proposal has caused much debate throughout the country because with the raising of the the minimum wage , the cost of living will also go up. This has been …show more content…
It has roughly employed about almost two million people across the country. The majority of their employees are your typical retail cashier. Throughout the year of 2014, a regular cashier in the country made around $9.93 per hour. That is almost about three dollars more than the minimum wage set by the federal government. While the average wage of a cashier that is employed at a Walmart makes about $8.53 per hour. The difference between both turns out to be $1.40; it might not seem like a big difference at first glance. But if you were to take both wages and calculated how much an individual will earn for working 40 hours which is roughly the standard workweek, the $9.93 will earn almost $400.00 while the wage from Walmart will earn almost about $350.00. That’s about a $50 difference between the two wages which is a huge difference compared to the $1.40 when just comparing the two wages. The difference will obviously grow the more hours and weeks worked. This shows that the employees at Walmart are fairly underpaid compared to other companies that aren’t a big workforce like Walmart has been