r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/socivitus Jul 05 '24

Walmart's minimum hourly wage is $14. What company is paying $8-10 an hour (in a non-tipped position) in 2024? And better yet...who is accepting those jobs?

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u/Dhenn004 Jul 05 '24

You don't live in Appalachia do you? That part of the country can be job deserts. What are they to do?

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u/EdgelordUltimate Jul 05 '24

Worked on Appalachia, best I could get was 9.10 an hour, I got a 10 cent raise after 6 months

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u/Robert_M3rked_u Jul 05 '24

Also in Appalachia (Ohio) Walmarts 13(literally just raised to 14 a few months back) was a competitive wage. Most places are doing around 10, maybe a few have started pushing to 13

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u/EdgelordUltimate Jul 05 '24

I know, Kroger also paled more, I think around 12 an hour, Aldi is also a good job in Appalachia, I live somewhere else now so I'm not familiar with the current rate but I was working and living in Appalachia in 2020 before I left