Starbucks, Costco Boosting Worker Wages Amid National Labor Shortage

Starbucks, Costco Boosting Worker Wages Amid National Labor Shortage
A sign hangs in the window of a Starbucks store in Chicago, Ill., on May 29, 2018. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Starbucks and Costco are raising the hourly wage for their employees across the United States in an effort to recruit more workers amid a nationwide labor shortage.

Starbucks said in a statement on Oct. 27 that it will be raising nonsalaried workers’ wages to $17 an hour while barista hourly rates will range from $15 to $23 per hour across the country in summer 2022.