Profits are 'soaring' for large retailers—but frontline workers are barely earning more

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Profits are 'soaring' for large retailers—but frontline workers are barely earning more (via CNBCMakeIt)

Kena Betancur | VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Imagesfinds that while top retailers' profits have "soared" during the coronavirus pandemic, pay for frontline workers has barely budged.

And while some of these companies continue to make record profits, it has been over 130 days, on average, since many frontline workers have received any hazard pay at all, Brookings reports. Most of the companies have "offered only modest or negligible extra compensation to workers," even as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise across the country.

Some of the least generous companies had the largest profits: Amazon and Walmart increased profits by of 53% and 45%, respectively, compared to last year. Their workers received an extra $0.95 per hour and $0.63 per hour since March. That is a 6% increase.

 

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