hour with a $1,000 signing bonus. amazon s starting pay is now 18 bucks an hour sometimes with a $. 3,000 sign boeing us in. target beginning wages as high as $24 an hour. what we re seeing is there s lots of job vacancies and not, inform job seekers so it is very competitive. reporter: the staff crisis has some taxpayers worried. we need the money right away. reporter: they need it to pay bills, with inflation driving up the cost of basically everything, and help them avoid going to a food pantry to feed their family. $11,000, spread it apart in 12 months, pay some bills. reporter: what do you say to the taxpayers who are eager to get that refund as quickly as possible? i would say we are eager to give them to you as well so we re super committed to getting those employees on board. this is a testament to the economy. it is. also, we were just talking during the break about walmart, right? right. and the average u.s. wage for walmart $16.40 an hour. s
Those employees on board. this is a testament to the economy. it is. also, we were just talking during the break about walmart, right? right. and the average u.s. wage for walmart $16.40 an hour. so that stim beats the irs starting wage. that s how competitive things are right now. and if you think about that backlog of millions of tax returns being unprocessed, it s just a really difficult situation for anybody who s on any kind of budget trying to pay for gas, the rising cost of groceries. it doesn t show any signs of stopping. so what was a great deal a couple years ago, $15 an hour, they re now not competitive with amazon, with walmart, with target. so i guess treasury needs more money? it sounds like they need more funding. so historically, the irs has been gutted in a lot of ways. they lost so many workers in the pandemic. now federal officials are asking for more support, funding. they need that to compete. but even if you look at the bigger picture right now, the
Irs can t compete unless they go with the other incentives, so getting a promotion. but eve than signing bonus of $1,000, it is tough to compete right now. and the whole remote issue. exactly. most of these jobs are in person. jo ling kent, thanks, jo, for being on this morning. three minutes past the top of the hour. this morning explosions rocked the city of lviv in the western part of ukraine. local officials say at least seven people were killed, 11 injured. one last struck a train station with shock waves shattering the windows of a nearby hotel that was housing evacuated ukrainians. to date, lviv has been a safe hub for refugees. russia is also stepping up its attack in eastern ukraine in the country s second largest city of kharkiv. a cluster of russian rockets struck the city center on sunday, killing at least five people and injuring 20.
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