Diversity

Measuring Progress

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Ethnicity

White

Number of Associates
2006 907,540
2005 918,384
  2005 2006 % change
Total 918,384 907,540 1.81%
Officials and Managers 48,394 53,824 11.22%
Professionals 8,739 8,557 2.08%
Technicians 19,949 20,230 1.41%
Sales 490,713 474,283 3.35%
Office and Clerical 45,855 46,212 0.78%
Craft Workers (skilled) 2,323 17,790 665.82%
Operatives (semi-skilled) 29,041 34,586 19.10%
Laborers 197,235 179,297 9.09%
Service Workers 76,135 72,761 4.43%
EEO-1 Comparison % of all Associates in job category
Officials and Managers
2006 Wal-Mart 76.80%
2005 Wal-Mart 78.69%
2005 NAICS 45 Composite 80.27%
2005 EEO-1 Composite 83.57%
Professionals
2006 Wal-Mart 78.33%
2005 Wal-Mart 80.21%
2005 NAICS 45 Composite 78.21%
2005 EEO-1 Composite 78.26%
Technicians
2006 Wal-Mart 75.65%
2005 Wal-Mart 77.71%
2005 NAICS 45 Composite 74.50%
2005 EEO-1 Composite 72.78%
Sales Workers
2006 Wal-Mart 65.86%
2005 Wal-Mart 67.38%
2005 NAICS 45 Composite 65.42%
2005 EEO-1 Composite 70.81%
Office and Clerical
2006 Wal-Mart 77.61%
2005 Wal-Mart 78.27%
2005 NAICS 45 Composite 72.15%
2005 EEO-1 Composite 67.78%
Craft Workers
2006 Wal-Mart 69.30%
2005 Wal-Mart 78.35%
2005 NAICS 45 Composite 69.10%
2005 EEO-1 Composite 74.31%
Operatives
2006 Wal-Mart 71.85%
2005 Wal-Mart 72.56%
2005 NAICS 45 Composite 64.52%
2005 EEO-1 Composite 62.21%
Laborers
2006 Wal-Mart 62.27%
2005 Wal-Mart 64.00%
2005 NAICS 45 Composite 60.22%
2005 EEO-1 Composite 49.63%
Service Workers
2006 Wal-Mart 67.09%
2005 Wal-Mart 68.69%
2005 NAICS 45 Composite 65.22%
2005 EEO-1 Composite 53.24%