Starbucks Plans Pay Hike in Bid to Keep U.S. Hourly Workers
- Coffee chain says average pay will near $17 an hour next year
- Company is facing a push by Buffalo workers to unionize
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Starbucks Corp., the world’s biggest coffee-shop operator, is raising its average pay to nearly $17 an hour in a bid to attract and keep baristas amid a stubborn U.S. labor crunch.
The new wages will go into effect next summer, with hourly rates planned to rise to a range of $15 to $23 across the country. The Seattle-based coffee chain is currently paying about $14 an hour on average for its U.S. hourly staff. Starbucks says it has spent more than $1 billion on higher wages and benefits in the last two years.