Manager’s Salary

I’ve always wondered how much a manager at Burger King earns. I was never able to explore my curiosity, as for the computer is password protected and manager’s paychecks come in separate envelopes — not in the same bunch as team members. And I don’t have the balls to straight up ask a manager.

I went browsing through some paychecks and looked at Ana’s. She’s a Shift Supervisor. Right below an AM 2. I read the number, “$12.00″ and figured she was doing okay. I mean, $12 an hour for a Shift Supervisor? She’s banking at least $20,000 a year. (I figured: 35 hours a week, 52 weeks a year). And so I figured that AM2s made closer to 30-35,000, AM1s made around 35-45,000 and Restaurant Managers made 55,000+.

Jessica, who is now a mentor with me, was a manager at another Burger King some time ago. She knows the ins and outs and everything about Burger King. Including how much each manager makes. Jessica corrected me on a few cases: Shift Supervisors only make $9.00 – $9.75. And managers generally get about $500 every week. My restaurant manager was banking $736. Each AM2, AM1 and RM gets a bonus every 2 months. I knew about the bonus — they get money for saving money — but I never knew about the frequency. Based on how a bonus is calculated, it varies from location to location. Jessica said mine can expect a $600 bimonthly bonus, where as the one she used to work at usually only got $200.

What about Ana’s case? How is she making $12.00? She’s not. Jessica also corrected me on that. When I read the paycheck, it was her overtime pay. Time and a half of $9 is $12. Ana only makes $9 an hour.

Let’s calculate the pay scale. For team members and those along those lines (everyone except AMs and RMs), they are paid hourly. So, I am going to assume they work 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year (standard full time — or 2080 hours). For managers, they are paid salary, so, I’ll only plug in AM2s and RMs salaries, as for those the only ones I know. And Jessica, when she was an AM.

Team Member ($7.15) – $14,872
Mentor ($7.65) – $15,912
Shift Supervisor ($9.00-$9.75) – $18,720 – $20,280
Assistant Manager ($500 a week) – $26,000 ($29,600, including bonus (3600])
Restaurant Manager ($736 a week) – 38,272 ($41,872, including bonus [3600])

Jessica (AM2 – $430 a week) – $22,360

However, Jessica told me she was pulling in $31,000. So, either her bonuses were really good (despite telling me they weren’t), or get they some extra benefits. Or she could have even told me $21,000 and I did not listen correctly. Either way, they are not making a lot.

How much do managers make an hour? It’s impossible to break it down, as for the year end specifics greatly vary, as does the time. My RM works half as much as the AM2s in my store. So, his hour rate will be higher.

Greivi, a shift supervisor making $9.75, also told me that she would never want to become a manager because she makes just as much doing her job, for half the hours. But, is that true? Let’s look at some numbers. Jessica logged onto the system to check the hourly rates – Ana was making $9 and Greivi was making $9.75. However, Grievi worked 44 hours that week. 40 hours get paid at the $9.75 rate and 4 hours are given time and a half. Time and a half is $14.63. She made $390 based on her full time amount and $58.52 on her overtime. That’s a paycheck of $448 for this week. If that happened every week, she’d be in the 23,000 thousand range. Over $3,000 dollars more than she would had she not worked those extra four hours a week. However, that’s not too constant. But Greivi is expecting a good paycheck this week.

In terms of comparison – she was making more than Jessica was as a manager. Even though Grievi was working 44 hours a week and Jessica was working 60-80. However, no bonus for Grievi. Nor does she get health benefits. So, there are definitely some perks to being a manager – and then there are perks of being a regular employee.

Mind you – these people are hardly educated. And Jessica was making $31,000 at 18 years old.