Illinois Walmart Associates Receive $7.5 Million+ in Q2 Bonuses

Recently, hourly Walmart associates across Illinois earned a share of over $7.5 million in cash bonuses based on their stores’ Q2 performance. In total, more than $200 million in cash bonuses was earned by associates across the country.

Walmart associates earn quarterly bonuses as part of an overall incentive plan designed to reward associates whose stores achieve sales and customer service goals. The bonuses were included in each associate’s September 6 paycheck.

These bonuses come on the heels of the best performance for Walmart U.S. in more than 10 years – with comp sales growth (excluding fuel) of 4.5% – along with an increase in customer traffic of more than two percent.

The recent strong sales and traffic figures build on the positive momentum of the U.S. business, which has enabled a positive local impact across Illinois through associate bonuses, wage increases and innovation and improvement to stores, among other investments.

Earlier this year, Walmart announced it expects to spend an estimated $56 million in Illinois over the year through the remodeling of 16 stores, as well as the rollout of several in-store and online innovations, like Online Grocery Pickup and Pickup Towers, designed to help busy customers save time and money.

Earlier this year, Walmart also announced plans to increase the starting wage for all hourly associates in the U.S. to at least $11, expand maternity and parental leave benefits, and provide a one-time cash bonus for eligible associates of up to $1,000. Walmart also recently announced a commitment to train and develop one million associates over the next five years and introduced a new education benefit for associates, which includes free college credit for on-the-job training and options for associates to earn a college degree without incurring student loan debt.