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I was just curious. It seems to me that the dealer i work for seems low on the pay chart. Service manager, 6 yrs, advisor 6 yrs, tech 7 yrs.
comming up on 20 yrs. exp.

I left a dealership in Jan 05 after 10 years of service. I was the Service/Parts Director.
The last 3 years I cleared $75k. For a mid-size dealer this was'nt bad, but if I chose to move 50 miles down the road, the pay would have increased to over 100K per year. I took 8 months off from this business, and have just taken a Fixed Op's position with a another small to mid-sized dealer with a guarantee of no less than 80k the first year. I'm in upstate NY, so I suppose it isn't bad pay, It's more than the local police chief makes, go figure!

I have been in the car biz for some 25 years. Mostlyt in service, advisor, manager fixed ops director and some body shop.
Now at a mid size GM store (around 1400 ros per month) with high csi (91.4 3 month top box and 87.4 12 month)7 years as manager at this dealer.
The plan is 5% of gp with a small csi bonus (500) and small salary (1600). Not sure if this is in line

I'VE BEEN A SERVICE MANAGER FOR 35YRS . THE LEAST I'VE EVER MADE IS $15,000.00 A YR(1965)THE MOST $16,000.00 MONTH, I ALWAYS WORK AT AROUND A 2500.00 TO 4000.00 SAL AND A % OF GROSS AND A % OF NET /NET, RIGHT NOW I'M IN CALIF AND I'LL MAKE ABOUT $150,000.00 THIS YEAR.IT'S STARTING TO GET OLD AND FISHING IS LOOKING BETTER.BUT IT'S IN MY BLOOD TO LONG.