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Walmart store managers can now earn up to $620,000 per year in total compensation, according to the Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Walmart is increasing the pay of market managers, or regional store managers in charge of about a dozen Walmart stores, to a total compensation of $420,000 to $620,000 this year. These managers earned $320,000 to $570,000 last year, resulting in a possible pay increase of up to $100,000.<\/p>\n A Walmart spokesperson specified to the Journal that the minimum base pay for market managers has increased from $130,000 to $160,000 a year, while the maximum has remained the same at $260,000 per year.<\/p>\n Related:<\/b> ‘We Need Panic Buttons’: Some Walmart Employees Begin Wearing Body Cameras<\/a><\/p>\n The additional layers of compensation come from stock grants, which have increased to $100,000 a year from $75,000 last year, and potential annual bonuses, which are now up to 100% of base pay from 90% last year. Walmart began offering<\/a> store managers stock grants last year.<\/p>\n