LAS CRUCES - As part of the largest single-day, private-sector pay increase ever, more than 1.2 million Walmart and Sam's Club associates in the U.S., including 1,300 in Las Cruces and more than 13,400 in the state of New Mexico will receive a pay raise in their March 10 paycheck, according to a company news release. The increases are part of the company's two-year, $2.7 billion investment in higher pay, better training, clearer career paths and additional educational opportunities for its workers.