The average Costco employee makes $17 and hour. The average Samsclub employee makes $10 an hour. Costco is like a treasure hunt everytime you go. Samsclub you could be blind and find whatever you are looking for as nothing changes EVER. You see something you like at Costco, you better buy it as it may not be there the next time you shop. Samsclub has the exact same crap all day every day. Nothing new. I had a Samsclub membership for 20 years and finally said enough. I have had a Costco membership for 25 years but we had to drive 200 miles roundtrip to get there. Its worth it to me to drive the extra distance. Higher quality, more items, always new items plus they pay their employees a living wage (plus benefits) versus Walmart's business model of hire lots of people, let them only work 15-20 hours a week, no benefits, low pay......
Bottom line I always feel good after shopping at Costco, never once at Samsclub.