Pay A job at Walmart means competitive pay for all associates. This year Walmart, an industry leader for competitive pay and benefits, is making more meaningful changes to its pay, resulting in one of the largest single-day, private-sector pay increases ever with more than 1.1 million hourly associates across the country receiving a raise on Walmart assistant managers average $45,000 a year, which is right on target for the national average salary, according to Glassdoor salary data. If you factor in bonuses and additional compensation, the average pay increases to $48, 311 a year. Assistant managers must have at least two years of college experience, or one year of retail and one Wal-Mart Stores, Inc pays its employees an average of $12.37 an hour. Hourly pay at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc ranges from an average of $9.93 to $18.84 an hour.