Meet the typical retail worker: an elder millennial woman earning $18 hourly picking online Walmart orders

• The US has roughly 15.5 million retail workers, while 1.5 million Americans work for Walmart.
• Walmart's workforce is at least three times larger than that of any other brick-and-mortar retailer.
• The company's typical worker is a 39-year-old woman in Dallas earning $18 per hour.

As the largest private employer in the world, in the US, and in many states, Walmart is in many ways representative of the wider retail industry.