How much does Costco pay its hourly employees?

Answer 1

It depends on the job. If you're the nice lady cooking and handing out those delicious little samples to customers in the stores, you'll start out making $8.20 an hour. If you're a cart person (the ones who gather all the shopping carts), you'll start at nine dollars. The Tire and Battery technicians probably make the highest non-management starting wage. However, that is a skilled job, and one that is very physically demanding. They can make up to 11 an hour depending on experience, cashiers can make 11 an hour too.

actually the 1st sentence and the last sentence of the 1st answer is true. maybe its an outdated answer or their club is different. it does depend on which area you get hired into. however the starting pay is $8.40. and you get "x" amount of cents extra an hour per year of retail experience you have (usually $.25/hr for up to 5yrs exp. then goes up from there). the guys doing the absolute hardest physical job, pushing carts, make the least at $8.40 (the minimum offered @ sam's). then other areas go up in pay per the "Wal-Mart Pay Scale". it goes from level 1 to level 7. with 1 being carts and 7 being hourly supervisors ("Team Leaders"). Meat Cutters are also at level 7. Tire & Battery have SOME positions at level 6. Photo Techs and "Fresh" areas have level 6 positions as well as a Pharmacy Tech and a "COS" (Check-Out Supervisor or Lead Cashier). Level 5's are scattered around the club but some examples are cake decorator, claims associate and eye care tech. level 4 is (as far as i know) only 1 position which is audit team (inventory counts/adjustments). level 3 is the most common. they are all the floor associates (except electronics which is a level 4), stockers, membership desk associate (although some get level 4 or 5) and some positions in the "Fresh" areas. level 2 are cashiers. for each "level" you rise you get extra cents added to your hourly rate. you start at $8.40 and go up to whatever level the job your getting is listed under. the difference between levels varies from $.10 to $.25/hr. all these figures are based on the club i work at so they may not be like this at all clubs but i was told they all were SUPPOSED to be the same. however i have heard of associates at other clubs being paid different wages such as the 1st responder to this question. hope that helps!!

Answer 2

such as a forklift driver or being able to use certain machinery. (Another user said his friend got paid $14/hour). In Hawaii, not so much a good deal since it's comparable to McDonald's starting out. In other parts of the country, such as Michigan, it's really good considering the average job pays $7.50. In addition, even part timers get a 401K plan, stock options, health benefits from Aenta, paid 25 hours of sick time, and paid for 7 national holidays, a Martin Luther King Day, 3 "floater"days (where employees can pick 3 random days to get paid), and vacation time (I think about 40 hours worth). Full time employees and upper management get even better benefits.

Answer 3

Costco doesn't run its own fleet - it's contracted out to third party carriers.

Answer 4

I saw an article where a guy who works at costco and gets 22.80 dollars an hour

Answer 5

Costco pays at least $10.00 an hour. But it varies on location

Answer 6

like as much as best buy

Answer 7

$10/hr