How much more does managers make

I know this is a really broad question but how much more does a manager mAke more than a regular employee. $10,000 more per year?

 

Depends on the job, I suppose

 

I make about 25k more than most of my employees. I'm in the supermarket business

 

My supervisor above me makes about 5% more than I do.

 

No way to tell until you are one. The thing is, that some people can be managers and some can't. Can't meaning some folks just aren't cut out to be the boss. I've been in my field for a long time, and I'm getting some pressure to be a manager. Could I do it? Sure. Do I want to do it? No. The little bit of extra money would be far outweighed by my lack of doing manager things instead of my job.

So yes, they usually make more, but often it isn't what people like to do.

 

I am in the hotel industry and also make around 25k more than my employees annually.


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If you divide my supervisor's salary by the number of hours they work, they actually don't make much more than I do.
I'm union, so my job is protected and I have a pension also.
The management jobs are not protected and their medical benefits are not as good as ours.
It's no wonder my employer is having trouble finding folks who want to go into management.

 

My manager may be moving since her spouse is possibly getting a new job in another state and I was just wondering. It's only me and her in our dept. we work at a local hospital. I just didn't know with the amount of hours and who knows they may not offer it to me but if they don't I will be looking since I've been there so long

 

FYI.... Managers are typically paid a salary, not hourly.

There may be times when you'll have to work more hours, long weekends etc. You'll be paid the same if a salary applies to you with your managerial position.

 

I was a salary manager and now I'm an hourly manager and I love being hourly 100 times better...I never was the type to take advantage of being salary

I have the option to work 40-52 hours a week

 

Management is different....especially if you become a salaried employee, chances are your job will go from being time based (40 hours a week then you're done) to task based (you have a ton of crap to do, get the most important 25 to 50 percent of it done, and you've probably already worked way more than 40 hours). Im pretty sure 45-60 hours a week would be a good average for the hours most people in management put in. I normally stay in the 50-55 range.

Keep this in mind. I actually make less per hour now than I did when I was an hourly foreman....but I do earn more money overall, and I wouldn't be able to if I had stayed in a lower position. Middle management sucks...and it's hard. But if you're trying to move up and earn more than its sort of unavoidable.

 

Im in the medical field also and my managers dont make much more money than us regular worker bees. But, my director and assistan directors make about 20k more. My managers are pretty much worker bees at one time that took a manager position. They make schedules, solve conflicts, answer phone calls and divide workloads.

 

At my previous job I made about 10% more than my associates. However my associates only worked 38-40 hours. I worked around 45-50 hours average. (Worked for a finance company) so in reality I only made about 4% more. And it sucks. The right company will do you right. I was in the wrong company. If they called me at midnight guess what I was still on the clock and not getting paid a dime. Salary

 

As Memario was getting at, managment positions may not be all about better pay, there are a lot of other things to consider. Managers may make about the same as far as take home pay but could get paid vacation, a retirement plan with a company match, less hours, etc.

 

No harm in looking into it OP. How much more you will be making is all dependent on the job. We have 'regular' employees making $20/hr, middle management about $40/hr and upper management $50 to 70/hr. Then there are all kinds of positions and levels in between.
Some other jobs like someone above has mentioned, example McDonalds might be only $1/hr more, but you have more responsibility and get all the flack if something goes wrong - not always worth it, but sometimes absolutely. Especially if you think about resume and your next job, or 10 years from now - where do you want to be.

You can always inquire about the position. If you are open and honest with them, all you have to say if you don't want to do it, is that you don't feel you are ready for it and in the interest of the company you think they should give it to someone else.

Keep in mind if you take the position, you already know who your new boss will be, if you let someone else get the job, you have no idea who your new manager will be, and what the relationship between you will be like. Also, if you take the position, your position will have to be filled, and you might be involved in interviewing who you want to work with. Double win.

 

I'm a Chief Building Engineer and I make about $35,000 more than my highest pay staff member..........

 

If she is moving maybe just as her to be candid and tell you about the job and pay. And maybe she would also put in a word for you to replace her?

 

This is a good start. I agree.

 

In absolute number it gets more the higher you climb the org-chart, however percentage wise it might go down. Bonus payments vary as well the higher you get.

Once it get north of $150k it gets less in salary increase but more in bonus, where bonuses get paid partly in company stocks too... I noticed most of the time if hired from the outside it tends to be higher than promoted within.