What is income like for someone in retail managment?

[Bisaro TMF]

Originally Posted by jade408

Depends. If you are talking about an assistant manager at a big, big box store. Think Home Depot, Best Buy or similar the pay is around $100k. The store managers get about $180k. But at a small mall sized store the answer is no. But the single salary at the assistant level isn't great for a family. Assuming retail you have more housing placement flexibility.

It would be best to a move to a cheaper part of the state. Like Sacramento.

That's about twice as much as what they really make. They average around 90k. Assistant managers make about 45-50k . All of Which is middle class here in the Bay Area.

[jade408]

Originally Posted by Bisaro TMF

That's about twice as much as what they really make. They average around 90k. Assistant managers make about 45-50k . All of Which is middle class here in the Bay Area.

I guess the stores you are thinking of paid less than the ones I had first hand experience with. I definitely haven't researched all of the stores.

Costco and Trader Joes pay regular full time employees about $50k. There is really wide variance in retail.

Your definition of Bay Area middle class is pretty out of date.

[jade408]

Originally Posted by ServoMiff

Well, again - the OP said Sporting Goods. I guess reading comprehension is a challenge on CD. Presumably Dick's Sporting Goods based on their growth pattern in the East Bay. Not exactly a big box store, nor is $80k doable for 2 people in this area who wanted to move here to actually try and improve their stake in life. Big Box stores are a completely different retail beast.

I imagine Dicks pays fairly well. Foot Locker, probably not. REI? They have good benefits but lower pay.

It really depends on the annual revenues of the store! OP didn't give us much insight, but there is a very wide range in retail pay grades. Many of our indie grocery chains pay 2x more than the Safeways / Lucky's of the world, post union.

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by jade408

I guess the stores you are thinking of paid less than the ones I had first hand experience with. I definitely haven't researched all of the stores.

Costco and Trader Joes pay regular full time employees about $50k. There is really wide variance in retail.

Your definition of Bay Area middle class is pretty out of date.

My son worked at Costco while he was going to college and top pay for a full time employee was around $40,000 - $42,000 a year. I just checked glassdoor and they list the salary for home depot & best buy asst manager jobs and it shows both with an average annual pay of around $59,000.

glassdoor shows the average asst. manager salary for a Sports Authority store at $1262 a month Sports Authority Assistant Manager Salary | Glassdoor

[BroadwayDiva]

Salary I suppose depends on the "store level" (e.g is it a Flagship store?) you're assigned too.

Old navy pays ASM's about 35-45ish (I think) and Store Manager about 80K above.

[Bisaro TMF]

Originally Posted by jade408

I guess the stores you are thinking of paid less than the ones I had first hand experience with. I definitely haven't researched all of the stores.

Costco and Trader Joes pay regular full time employees about $50k. There is really wide variance in retail.

Your definition of Bay Area middle class is pretty out of date.

Please let me know which retail stores pay a manager $180k per year.

There are different levels of middle class. There's lower middle class and upper middle class. 50K is lower/middle class here. 90K on the higher end of middle class.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by jade408

Depends. If you are talking about an assistant manager at a big, big box store. Think Home Depot, Best Buy or similar the pay is around $100k. The store managers get about $180k. But at a small mall sized store the answer is no. But the single salary at the assistant level isn't great for a family. Assuming retail you have more housing placement flexibility.

It would be best to a move to a cheaper part of the state. Like Sacramento.

This. Upper management at Wal Mart pays quite well. "Manager" at a place like Hobby Lobby is meaningless. And to get those upper management jobs, you don't apply at the store, but at the national office, usually.