{"id":4944,"date":"2025-12-18T22:38:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4944"},"modified":"2025-12-18T22:38:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:38:41","slug":"walmarts-women-truckers-surge-thanks-to-115000-starting-pay-and-other-perks-bringing-in-nontraditional-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4944","title":{"rendered":"Walmart\u2019s women truckers surge thanks to $115,000 starting pay and other perks bringing in nontraditional candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While the rest of the trucking industry faces a driver shortage, Walmart has managed to boost its driver numbers with six-figure starting pay and other perks that are catching the eye of even non-traditional applicants.<\/p>\n

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The mega retailer, which has claimed the top spot on the Fortune 500 for the past 13 years, has increased its number of in-house truck drivers by 33% over the past three years in part thanks to better wages and benefits.<\/p>\n

In 2022, it boosted drivers\u2019 starting pay to around $115,000 from an average salary of $87,000 previously. At the high end, drivers can make $135,000 per year, according to a Walmart spokesperson. The 2024 median pay for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers was $57,440 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Apart from a pay increase, Walmart also uses technology that allows for more reliable schedules compared to other companies. While some in the trucking industry are away for weeks at a time, Walmart gives its drivers consecutive days off of work and assigns them regional delivery territories to allow them to be home every week, a Walmart spokesperson told Fortune<\/em>. <\/p>\n

These perks, along with the better-than-average pay, have increasingly helped the company expand its pool of drivers and include more women. Just 9.5% of truck drivers in the U.S. are women as of 2024, according to the Women in Trucking Index\u2014that\u2019s compared to an estimated 18% of drivers at Walmart, according to a study by workforce intelligence company Revelio Labs that was viewed by Fortune. Bloomberg<\/em> first reported on the study.<\/p>\n

Through a 12-week training program that helps store associates transition to the trucking industry, Walmart has also increased its number of women drivers, a spokesperson said. Around 1,000 people have gone through the program, Bloomberg<\/em> reported, representing about half of the company\u2019s new drivers.<\/p>\n

Possibly due to its efforts, Walmart has a five percentage point oversupply of truck drivers compared to its demand, according to the study by Revelio Labs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Walmart\u2019s efforts to bring in more drivers, including those with less experience, is pivotal as the broader trucking industry faces a driver shortage that is expected to bring a shortfall of 160,000 drivers by 2028, according to the American Trucking Association. The broader category of U.S. retail, currently faces a shortfall of drivers, with demand for drivers exceeding supply by seven percentage points, according to Revelio Labs.<\/p>\n

Older truck drivers are retiring and younger people aren\u2019t keen to jump into trucking partly due to the long hours and time away from home. A 1,000-person survey from heavy-duty truck parts company FinditParts found that a quarter of Americans would not become truck drivers no matter what pay they were offered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For Walmart, any disadvantage in its supply chain, including a driver shortfall, could put it at a disadvantage with Amazon, with which it has been increasingly competing with in recent years, especially with its Walmart+ membership.<\/p>\n

Without enough drivers, supply chains are delayed and prices go up. Finding and retaining drivers is thus of the utmost importance for companies like Walmart, Paul Bingham, a director of transportation consulting at S&P Global Market Intelligence, told Bloomberg<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrucking companies will need more drivers,\u201d he said. \u201cand they\u2019ll have to attract them from the non-traditional population cohorts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

#Walmarts #women #truckers #surge #starting #pay #perks #bringing #nontraditional #candidates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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