Employees in non-managerial positions are paid a specified hourly rate.
After reaching the top hourly rate, extra check payments will be made twice a year, depending on the length of continuous employment.
Employees in managerial positions are paid by annual salary, which is divided by 12 months.
Automatic Pay Rise
Costco has a unique automatic pay rise system.
Employees receive a pay rise automatically roughly about every 6 months (1,040 worked hours).
Home Office course : Top hourly rate can be reached 5 years after joining Costco.
Warehouse/Depot course : Top hourly rate can be reached 4.5 years after joining Costco.
Extra check amount increases each year as it increases in line with the length of continuous employment.
Overtime Pay
In principle, there will be no overtime work. During the holiday season (Golden Week, Obon, and Christmas/New Year), up to 30 to 60 minutes overtime per day might occur.
Overtime pay of 1.35 times the regular hourly rate is paid for all hours worked in excess of 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week.
Fixed overtime pay is included in salaried employees' salary.
Shift
In principle, full-time employees are scheduled to work 40 hours per week.
Five-day workweek.
Full-time employees are scheduled for 8.5 hours a day, including 1-hour break (30-minute paid and 30-minute unpaid breaks). Actual working hours is 7.5 hours per day.
Shift schedule depends on the department you are placed in.