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Amazon vs Walmart: headquarters, benefits and pay compared

Amazon is headquartered in Seattle, Washington; Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas. Walmart has more employees (≈2,100,000 vs 1,576,000). Amazon has a higher median pay ($40,206 vs $30,520).

Amazon vs Walmart in numbers

AmazonWalmart
—HQ size≈2.4M sq ft
1,576,000Employees≈2,100,000
—Turnover—
$40,206Median pay$30,520
$0.5MRevenue per employee≈$0.3M

From each company's annual report or proxy statement; fiscal years differ — see each profile. — = not published. Revenue per employee is calculated by eciffo.

Amazon headquartersAmazonSeattle, Washington

Meeting rooms among the trees under three glass domes — and 20 weeks of fully paid leave for birthing parents.

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Headquarters

Office space (N. America)
≈ 40.2M sq ft
Office space (Intl.)
≈ 28.3M sq ft
Spheres
55,000+ sq ft
HQ2 architect
ZGF

Benefits

  • Birthing parents20 weeksFully paid, including up to 14 weeks of pregnancy disability leave.
  • Other parents6 weeksFully paid parental leave for non-birthing and adoptive parents.
  • Leave Share6 weeksPaid leave for a partner whose employer offers none.
  • Ramp BackPhased returnReturn to full-time hours over several months.
  • Health careDay 1From the first day; 24/7 medical counselors.

Themes

#Famous architects#Started in a garage#Office tour videos#Seattle area#Office cafés

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Walmart headquartersWalmartBentonville, Arkansas

A 350-acre hometown campus of 12 mass-timber office buildings, where half the land is green space with 5,000 new trees, lakes and seven miles of bike trails.

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Headquarters

Executive & design architect
Gensler (11 mass-timber office buildings, parking decks, street-front retail)
Landscape architect
SWA Group
Site
350 acres (≈ 142 ha)
Mass-timber buildings
2,400,000 sq ft (≈ 222,967 m²)
Office buildings
12, designed to achieve LEED Platinum
Sam Walton Hall
200,000+ sq ft (≈ 18,581 m²) · 1,500-seat auditorium
Fitness center
360,000+ sq ft (≈ 33,445 m²) · opened Jan 12, 2024
Childcare center
73,000 sq ft (≈ 6,782 m²) · 500+ children
Lakes
13+ acres · 52 million gallons of water a year
Energy
100% renewable electricity; 450,000 sq ft (≈ 41,806 m²) of dynamic glass
Opened
January 2025 (first building, the Layout Center, in early 2021)

Benefits

  • 401(k) match6%Walmart matches each dollar associates put in, up to 6% of eligible pay, once they are match-eligible.
  • Stock purchase15% matchThe Associate Stock Purchase Plan matches 15% of the first $1,800 contributed each plan year.
  • Medical coverage$38.30Starting price per biweekly pay period for full-time and eligible part-time associates — Walmart says about a third less than the average premium at other national companies.
  • Therapy20 sessionsNo-cost sessions a year with a therapist or mental health coach through Lyra, for associates and eligible family members, from the first day.
  • Parental leave (salaried)12 weeksPaid leave for birth, adoption or foster placement; up to 22 weeks for birth mothers when combined with maternity leave (2023 policy).

Themes

#Famous architects#Discounted stock#Free counseling#Family building#Office tour videos#Office cafés#Office gyms

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