Walmart shift hours, pay & how to apply (2026)

Reported Walmart pay — Company average (U.S. hourly field associate): $18.25/hour (Walmart-stated average). Below are the real, cited shift, pay, hiring-age and apply facts, plus live openings when we have them. Data from corporate.walmart.com.

Walmart shift hours (what employees and official pages report)

Every shift fact below is quoted from a dated source — Walmart does not publish a single company-wide clock schedule, so times vary by site, department, and season. We cite each one so you can check it yourself.

How much does Walmart pay?

• Company average (U.S. hourly field associate): $18.25/hour (Walmart-stated average) Source: corporate.walmart.com, 2025
• Team Associate (Walmart-published range): $14 - $37/hour depending on role, location and shift; $14/hour is the bottom of Walmart's published Team Associate range Source: corporate.walmart.com, 2025
• Cashier / Front-End Associate: ~$14.70/hour national average (Indeed, estimated from 246 job postings, updated July 2026) Source: indeed.com, 2026-07-15
• Cashier - New York State (geographic high): ~$19.61/hour, about 39% above the U.S. average Source: indeed.com, 2026-07-15
• Cashier - Houston, TX: ~$14.48/hour (slightly below the national average) Source: indeed.com, 2026-07-15

For reference, the U.S. median wage for Cashier is $32,880/year (about $16/hour), per BLS OEWS (May 2024 vintage) — a government benchmark, not a company figure.

How to apply to Walmart, step by step

Apply on the official careers site: careers.walmart.com. Or let Jobeezy apply for you.

1. Apply online at careers.walmart.com. A first-time hourly application takes on average 20-25 minutes; for hourly roles in the Walmart Online Hiring Center you can save your work and log back in later, and an hourly application stays in the system for 60 days so you can update preferences to include other roles (source: careers.walmart.com/us/en/home/resources/hiring-process). No resume is required for most hourly store jobs.
2. Complete a pre-employment assessment for some positions (adds extra time). Walmart states it tries to respond to applicants within about a week of submission, though some applications take longer depending on position, location and popularity (source: careers.walmart.com/us/en/home/resources/hiring-process).
3. Interview - typically one or more interviews for hourly store roles. Track status (under review / interview scheduled / position filled) in your Walmart Careers portal; Walmart emails updates as they occur (source: corporate.walmart.com/askwalmart hiring guide).
4. Background check plus employment/education verification is generally run on hires after interviews (source: Indeed Walmart background-check reports + third-party hiring guides, 2025-2026).
5. Drug testing applies mainly to safety-sensitive roles (e.g. pharmacy, forklift/equipment operation, driving, auto care, asset protection); many entry-level store roles are generally not pre-employment drug-tested, though employee reports vary by store (source: Indeed Walmart drug-test reports, 2025).
6. Offer and orientation - an offer typically follows once the background check clears, then new-hire orientation. Third-party guides report most hourly store hires complete the process in roughly 2-3 weeks.

How old do you have to be to work at Walmart?

Minimum age: 16 general; 18+ for certain roles (e.g. pharmacy tech, CDL driver, forklift/equipment operation, alcohol/age-restricted sales, auto care)

16 is the widely reported company-wide minimum for most entry-level store roles (cart attendant, cashier, sales associate, stocking); Walmart does not publish a single official minimum-age statement on its own site, so this figure comes from third-party employment guides and Indeed employee reports, which do consistently confirm an 18+ requirement for pharmacy, CDL/driving, forklift/equipment, alcohol/age-restricted sales, and auto-care roles. State law may add work-permit and hour-cap requirements for anyone under 18. Applicants must show proof of identity and U.S. work eligibility. Source: indeed.com, 2026-07-15

Workers under 18 are subject to state child-labor law: many states require a minor work permit (age/employment certificate) and cap hours on school days. Confirm your state's rules and the store's policy before you apply.

Does Walmart hire people with a criminal record?

Walmart is listed as a signatory of the Fair Chance Business Pledge, a public commitment to give people with a record a fairer shot at a job.

Jobeezy does not have a Walmart-specific, sourced background-check policy, so we won't invent one. What we can tell you is the law that applies. 16 states plus D.C. have 'ban-the-box' laws that cover private employers — they delay the criminal-history question until later in hiring (often after a conditional offer): CA, CO, CT, DC, HI, IL, MA, MD, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, VT, WA. Under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, most non-conviction records older than seven years generally can't be reported on a standard background check (some exceptions apply for higher-paid roles and certain regulated jobs). Safety-sensitive and regulated roles — healthcare, working with minors, financial services, driving — usually require disclosure regardless of state. See our full fair-chance hiring guide for your state.

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