Costco, an American-style store, has always been known for its generous wages and comprehensive benefits. A female employee in the United States recently shared her salary increase process over the past seven years on a social platform. She revealed that she had initially planned to become a summer work-study student. Unexpectedly, he was promoted all the way and obtained a professional license. Her hourly wage has doubled from US$14 when she first joined the job, and her annual salary is estimated to be US$80,000, sparking heated discussions among netizens.
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According to Upworthy, the Costco employee, who calls herself Jose on the video platform TikTok, recently revealed her salary changes over the years through a video. She said that when she joined Costco in 2018, she originally planned only to have a short-term summer job. He did not expect that as his seniority increased and he was promoted internally, his salary would increase year after year.
By 2025, Joss expects hourly wages to rise from a starting US$14 to US$37.9, an increase of 171%. If calculated as full-time work at 40 hours per week and 52 weeks a year, the base annual salary is approximately $78,832. Additionally, that number does not include performance bonuses that Costco pays twice a year, full employee benefits and overtime pay bonuses for working on Sundays.
In addition to relying on seniority accumulation, the more important reason for Qiao Si to earn a higher hourly wage is that she successfully transferred to an internal professional position. Qiao Si revealed that she later joined Costco’s optical department and successfully obtained a professional optician’s license, increasing her basic hourly wage to $31.9.
After adding professional allowances, Joss’s hourly wage reaches US$37.9 on weekdays. If she works on Sunday, her hourly wage increases to US$56.85, due to the holiday pay bonus system. Qiao Si’s own experience proves that even if you start from the grassroots level, as long as you make good use of the job transfer and training mechanisms within the company, you can make significant career growth.
Turn your summer job into a high paying full-time job! He worked at Costco for 7 years and obtained a certificate. His annual salary was more than Rs 2.61 million.
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