Management Salary?

[n-e-w Jerz!]

looking at the national average, some where above $60k annually(project/install manager). but most service techs with wide ranging skills make that much. does $65k sound like too much for someone who is about to take on this responsibility, should incentives to earn more during the year be included?

i'm new to the position, maybe a little surprised i got it. please, discuss.......

[allstar08]

I know it is all relative to where you live, but $65k is definitively not too much.

[york56]

looking at the national average, some where above $60k annually(project/install manager). but most service techs with wide ranging skills make that much. does $65k sound like too much for someone who is about to take on this responsibility, should incentives to earn more during the year be included?

i'm new to the position, maybe a little surprised i got it. please, discuss.......

If you were married and had a family that would not be enough you should be asking for alot more your not a tech. anymore you just became the man.

[billygoat22]

yeah, if a tech was making 60k, wouldn't necessarily want the headache for so little extra.

[maintenanceguy]

We need more info.

How many techs would you be managing? residential or commercial? How much work would you oversee in a year in dollars?

A small residential HVAC business doing $300K in sales would pay a lot different than a commercial contractor doing $50M in sales.

[local 832s]

Where are you located? Looks like maybe jersey? Too little unless it's managing a few techs then you could moonlight to make up the difference

[local 832s]

Where are you located? Looks like maybe jersey? Too little unless it's managing a few techs then you could moonlight to make up the difference

[Cookiemanhvac]

Been a tech for 26 yrs. Made $73k last year and my only responsibility is myself. Working for a big company helps. Going into a manager position would pay more I would expect.

[n-e-w Jerz!]

i agree with all the posts. I turned down the position after being given a lower than expected $ amount and no company vehicle (something that i have had for over the last 6+ years).

there are plenty of other jobs out there that pay @ or above $65k, offer a company vehicle and full benefits that usually kick in right away or 30 days after hire. i just took on my first mortgage and have a baby to take care of so now i have to consider the whole package more than ever. 8 years ago to just have that title on my resume may have been doable. not now.

now i'm looking to avoid the things that have seemed to plague me during my career: a place with a great atmosphere and great people(mostly) that refuses or can't pay you a fair amount for the skills you have/tools that you bring or a place w/ great benee's and fair pay but douche owners/managers and total management disfunction.

good luck finding that, right?

[dingman]

I'm in Iowa, so there's likely a fair bit of difference in actual numbers. But I will say that depsite several management postitions I could have gotten over the years (in fact, some other techs did take those jobs), I've declined to apply for them.
The reason is exactly what is stated above by others - The pay isn't great (some years I make more than my manager with enough OT), there aren't the same job perks (vehicle, variety of jobsites) and in my branch office, upper management is pretty hard on middle management.
Nope, I'm happy with teching, and my managers mostly just leave me alone. That's the way I like it.
Plus, all that paperwork they have to do... not worth it, IMO.

[n-e-w Jerz!]

I'm in Iowa, so there's likely a fair bit of difference in actual numbers. But I will say that depsite several management postitions I could have gotten over the years (in fact, some other techs did take those jobs), I've declined to apply for them.
The reason is exactly what is stated above by others - The pay isn't great (some years I make more than my manager with enough OT), there aren't the same job perks (vehicle, variety of jobsites) and in my branch office, upper management is pretty hard on middle management.
Nope, I'm happy with teching, and my managers mostly just leave me alone. That's the way I like it.
Plus, all that paperwork they have to do... not worth it, IMO.

i hear you. i think i'd like to stay in the field longer anyhow, even after 11 years of this stuff there's still tons of stuff to learn/master. don't want to be lumped into society of managers who don't know what the hell they're talking about.......

[LA1]

It is very common to make less than your techs as a supervisor, especially if they get OT and you don't.

[secorp]

Most Managers get quarterly bonuses if not at the very least yearly bonuses. also they use there taxes to deduct mileage on there cars. I knew one guy who drove to a job site then drove into the office to get mileage.

I have gotten some rather large bonuses over the years the tax rate is very brutal 40 percent!