text: King Soopers (KDVR)
  For checkers, who ring up the items, among other duties, King Soopers is offering an immediate wage increase of $1.50 per hour on top of the $19.51 they already earn. By 2024, a King Soopers checker's wage would be $22.61 per hour, or $47,000 a year for a full-time checker.
  This would top many of the payscales for some jobs that require professional licensing, vocational training and college education, according to 2020 wage estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are more than 300 job categories that currently make less.