Wawa ups company-wide minimum wage
Wawa Inc., of Media, will raise the minimum hourly wage it pays store workers to $10. The move comes amidst a tightening labor market, where there is now competition for workers at all levels, including low-wage workers, economist Joel Naroff told members of the MidAtlantic Employers' Association Friday.
Wawa Inc., of Media, will raise the minimum hourly wage it pays store workers to $10.
The move comes amidst a tightening labor market, where there is now competition for workers at all levels, including low-wage workers, economist Joel Naroff told members of the MidAtlantic Employers' Association Friday.
Also raising its minimum wage is Sheetz Inc., the Altoona-based convenience store chain.
The company, with $6.9 billion in revenue and 17,000 employees, said Wednesday it would spend $5 million to increase wages. Sheetz said will start shift supervisors at $13 an hour and assistant managers at $16.
Wawa's plans to raise its wages "has nothing to do with Sheetz at all," said spokeswoman Lori Bruce. "It was well planned and communicated to our associates last year." The Pennsylvania minimum wage is $7.25.
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