Websam's club is boosting pay for nearly 100,000 hourly workers, with the retail chain's starting wage rising by a buck to $16. Webwalmart’s average hourly wage is close to $18 — for walmart u. s. Store employees, it is $17. 19; For sam’s club, it’s $18. 29 and for its supply chain, it is $26. 42. Webwalmart thinks it's found the solution to improve dissatisfaction among frontline retail workers with four new initiatives. Webwalmart announced last week that the average salary for store managers will go from $117,000 to $128,000 a year — a 9. 4% increase. They will also be eligible. Webwalmart said tuesday it would raise the average hourly wage of its associates to more than $17. 50 an hour — up from about $17 an hour. In a note to. Webthe company raised the average manager salary from $117,000 to $128,000 effective in february. The first payout for the new annual bonus.