Popular Colorado Store Boosts Minimum Wage To $19.25 An Hour

With so many local and big chain businesses looking to hire reliable and responsible employees, it's been a challenge to get people to even apply. One popular Colorado retail store is spicing up its job openings by upping its minimum wage to over $19 an hour.

Colorado Retail Store Raising Its Minimum Wage To Over $19 An Hour

Anytime you're out shopping, eating, or just driving around town, you're seeing that just about everybody is looking to hire additional staff. Both the restaurant and retail businesses have really struggled post-pandemic to find good reliable team members.

Without the proper number of staff members, customer service typically drops drastically, and so does the overall customer experience. When that happens, sometimes you'll lose customers for good, and that's bad for business.

While the state of Colorado's minimum wage is currently $14.12, a longtime business in Colorado has decided it's willing to pay more to encourage more people to come and work for them. They also won't ever make you work on Sundays...

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Hobby Lobby In Colorado Raises Minimum Wage To $19.25

Many businesses aren't willing to offer a competitive wage that will properly compensate their employees for their time, but Hobby Lobby has seemingly had enough of struggling to find quality employees and has drastically raised the financial benefit of working there.

As of October 1st, 2024, Hobby Lobby stores have announced that they've raised the full-time minimum wage to $19.25 an hour. Hobby Lobby founder and CEO David Green said in a statement regarding the pay increase:

A pillar of our success is taking care of our employees. Inflation has negatively impacted nearly all businesses, individuals, and families over the past several years. We have worked hard to hold our prices down, and are thankful for our continued success as a company. As we head into the joyous holiday season, we are thrilled to share that success with thousands of our employees

This year's increase is the 13th minimum wage increase by the company in the last 15 years. There are still more than 10 local Hobby Lobby locations in Colorado with many full-time and seasonal positions available.