Walmart offering new truck drivers starting pay as high as $110,000 a year

Supply-chain workers also have a chance to switch over and drive trucks

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, a woman, wearing a protective face mask due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, wheels a cart with her purchases out of a Walmart store, in Derry, N.H. For the first time in two years for many people, the American workplace is transforming into something that resembles pre-pandemic days. The U.S. has since seen COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations plummet. Cases have plunged from 455,000 a day two weeks ago to 150,000 on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) (Charles Krupa, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Walmart is launching a new program with hopes to incentivize drivers to join its “private fleet.”

The retail corporation announced a new training program to give employees who work in its distribution and fulfillment centers a chance to become certified Walmart drivers.

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The new private fleet development program is done through a 12-week-long program taught by the company’s “established drivers.”

Along with the program, Walmart said a pay raise is coming for its 12,000 truck drivers with the starting range for new drivers between $95,000 and $110,000.

Prior to this switch, the company said that $87,500 was the average salary that new truck drivers could make in their first year.

If you’re interested in becoming a Walmart truck driver, you can apply here.

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