Wal-Mart gives quarterly bonuses to 3,021 Chattanooga area employees

Staff file photo / Patrons enter the new building during the grand opening of the Walmart Neighborhood Market off of East Brainerd Road in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 9, 2015. Staff file photo / Patrons enter the new building during the grand opening of the Walmart Neighborhood Market off of East Brainerd Road in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 9, 2015.

By Dave Flessner March 13, 2017 2 min read

Wal-Mart in Tennessee:

* 155 stores * $2.8 billion with local suppliers, supporting 42,831 supplier job* Collected $724.3 million in sales taxes for state and local governments* $88.7 million in taxes paid by Wal-MartSources: Wal-Mart, Dunn & Bradstreet

Wal-Mart today announced that more than 850,000 Wal-Mart associates in the U.S. – including 3,021 in the Chattanooga area – will share in more than $157 million in cash bonuses based on their stores’ performance in the fourth quarter.

The bonuses, along with an annual pay raise, were included in their March 9 paychecks. The average quarterly bonus for Chattanooga Wal-Mart employees was $211.52, although bonuses vary widely depending upon jobs and pay levels.

Wal-Mart associates can earn a bonus every quarter based on the performance of their store. Associates in the greater Chattanooga area – including Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Rhea and Sequatchie counties – will share more than $639,000 in fourth quarter bonuses. Across Tennessee, Wal-Mart is awarding more than $5 million in bonuses to over 26,000 associates.

The bonuses reflect Wal-Mart’s strongest comp sales performance of the year in the fourth quarter at 1.8 percent. Customer service and inventory management have also improved.