Walmart Boosts Black Corporate Officers Back Near 2015 Level
- Black workers now 8.4% of U.S. officers, up from 6.9% recently
- Share of women officers also grows at world’s largest retailer
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Walmart Inc. has increased the ranks of its Black corporate officers in recent months as part of its broader effort to address racial inequities, bringing representation back near where it stood in 2015.
The nation’s biggest private employer said employees who identify as Black now account for 8.4% of corporate officers in the U.S., which includes vice presidents and above. That compares with 6.9% in a report released in the middle of last year, representing a sharp rise for such a massive workforce in a short period of time. That figure had previously been as high as 8.7% in 2015, only to dissipate in the back half of the decade.