Economist

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The Internship

Held over an 11-week period during the summer of 2026 for undergrad students graduating between December 2026 and August 2027. The paid internship will prepare associates for a career with Walmart Economics team. Work on a meaningful project, network with industry experts, and develop your skills while having an epic summer!

About the Economist Internship

As the Fortune One company, Walmart sells hundreds of billions of dollars a year in merchandise and employs more than one million people. Walmart's scale and the complexity of its problems necessitate careful, sophisticated analysis. The Walmart Economics team is responsible for applying the latest insights and methods from academia to drive Walmart's decision making and continued transformation.

The Walmart Economics team is growing quickly. Economists on the team work with the Chief Economist on projects across the company, including:

Optimizing pricing

Growing membership and subscriptions

Increasing our sustainability

Developing a thriving marketplace

Interns are fully immersed in the team and can expect to take on a short-term version or a component of a full-time project. You will partner with business and tech teams in our Home Office to use tools from Economics to understand the causal impact of decisions, identify and optimize tradeoffs, and drive strategy using first principles. Interns work on projects with real-world impact while gaining experience working at one of the largest companies in the world.

Responsibilities:

Designing and analyzing experiments Guide decision making by ensuring we understand the impact of potential changes through careful experimentation

Performing causal inference Leverage the latest in econometrics and statistics to understand the effect of changes we cannot run experimentally

Framing and evaluating trade-offs Define and weigh business trade-offs to drive strategic decisions under uncertainty

Applying behavioral economics Use an understanding of behavioral economics to inform user experience design

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be actively enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program.

Expected graduation date between December 2026-August 2027.

Experience with analyzing large datasets (ideally coding in SQL, R, or Python) is a plus

Passion for economics or experience assisting with academic research

You're curious and a self-starter, naturally interested in learning more

You're collaborative and uplift your team when you partner with others

You enjoy hard problems

You have knowledge of experimentation and causal inference methods

Willingness to relocate to Walmart's Home Office Hub (Bentonville, AR) after graduation.

**The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Preferred Majors:

Economics

Math

Statistics

Engineering

Computer Science

Other related majors in a quantitative field

Office Environment:

Corporate, in-person internship

Job Location:

This role is in Bentonville, AR or Hoboken, NJ.

Walmart and Sams Club does offer housing and relocation benefits to students that meet qualifications.

A successful candidate will not require sponsorship from Walmart for authorization to work now or in the future.

Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for others drives a positive associate and customermember experience for all embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences supports workplaces where associated feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging so all associates thrive and perform contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work

Respect the Individual: Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team developing others through feedback coaching mentoring and developmental opportunities and recognizes others contributions and accomplishments

Respect the Individual: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners works collaboratively to achieve objectives communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work

Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers and the world around us eg creating a sense of belonging eliminating waste participating in local giving

Act with Integrity: Follows the law our code of conduct and company policies and encourages others to do the same supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns reinforces our culture of nonretaliation listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values

Act with Integrity: Is consistently humble selfaware honest and transparent

Serve our Customers and Members Delivers results while putting the customermember first and applying an omnimerchant mindset and acts with an Every Day LowCost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customersmembers

Serve our Customers and Members Adopts a broad perspective that considers data analytics customermember insights and different parts of the business when making plans

Strive for Excellence: Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset seeks feedback asks thoughtful questions supports innovation and intelligent risktaking and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks

Strive for Excellence: Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet!

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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Hoboken, New Jersey US-10649:The hourly wage range for this position is $23.00-$42.00*

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Bentonville, Arkansas US-09401:The hourly wage range for this position is $19.00-$35.00*

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*The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location.

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Primary Location...

702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.