General Manager Salaries in the United States

How much does a General Manager make in the United States?

General Managers earn $55,000 annually on average, or $26 per hour, which is 18% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid General Managers work for SyWest Development at $233,000 annually while the lowest paid General Managers work for Unitek Information Systems earning approximately $18,000 each year.

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$56K Best Buy's Average General Manager Salary (93 salaries)

+$1K (1%) more than national average General Manager salary ($55K)

+$26K (60%) more than average Best Buy salary ($30K)

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$120K Best Buy General Manager in Newport News, VA ·

+$64K (72%) more than average Best Buy General Manager salary ($56K)

"Totally overpaid and the job requires little to no talent the business is completely micromanaged, I could easily be replaced by someone making 50k and they could easily do the same job."

$65K Best Buy General Manager in Chicago, IL ·

+$9K (14%) more than average Best Buy General Manager salary ($56K)

"Underpaid, there is no metric or contingency for stores placed in poor locations nor for other environment settings that can negatively affect your ability to work and be consistently successful."

$52K Best Buy General Manager in Minneapolis, MN ·

-$4K (7%) less than average Best Buy General Manager salary ($56K)

"The pay at Best Buy is pretty competitive. I started out at $50k and grew to $52k. The bonus system is very nice too with the ability to earn up to $5-15k."

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$69K TitleMax's Average General Manager Salary (11 salaries)

+$14K (22%) more than national average General Manager salary ($55K)

+$34K (65%) more than average TitleMax salary ($35K)

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$50K TitleMax General Manager in Houston, TX ·

-$19K (31%) less than average TitleMax General Manager salary ($69K)

"For the amount of time required to truly run a TitleMax right, I'd say all great GM's are seriously underpaid."

$50K TitleMax General Manager in Houston, TX ·

-$19K (31%) less than average TitleMax General Manager salary ($69K)

"It was decent. Like I said, lots of time spent away from home"

$21K TitleMax General Manager in Falls Church, VA ·

-$48K (106%) less than average TitleMax General Manager salary ($69K)

"They never paid what is owed to me."

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$55K Taco Bell's Average General Manager Salary (208 salaries)

Equal to national average General Manager salary ($55K)

+$28K (68%) more than average Taco Bell salary ($27K)

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$65K Taco Bell General Manager in The Colony, TX ·

+$10K (16%) more than average Taco Bell General Manager salary ($55K)

"I was brought on with the expectation to advance quickly, so I was offered more to start than what is traditionally paid to RGMs in this industry."

$46K Taco Bell General Manager in Harahan, LA ·

-$9K (17%) less than average Taco Bell General Manager salary ($55K)

"awesome"

$57K Taco Bell General Manager ·

+$2K (3%) more than average Taco Bell General Manager salary ($55K)

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$55K Staples' Average General Manager Salary (150 salaries)

Equal to national average General Manager salary ($55K)

+$17K (36%) more than average Staples salary ($38K)

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$55K Staples General Manager in Ladera Ranch, CA ·

Equal to average Staples General Manager salary ($55K)

"Compared to what everyone else was making I was underpaid, but still glad to work to for the company."

$55K Staples General Manager in Ladera Ranch, CA ·

Equal to average Staples General Manager salary ($55K)

"In my opinion, I would say underpaid for the tasks required of the position."

$63K Staples General Manager ·

+$8K (13%) more than average Staples General Manager salary ($55K)

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$55K Jamba Juice's Average General Manager Salary (118 salaries)

Equal to national average General Manager salary ($55K)

+$19K (41%) more than average Jamba Juice salary ($36K)

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$47K Jamba Juice General Manager in Aurora, CO ·

-$8K (15%) less than average Jamba Juice General Manager salary ($55K)

"On the lower end, but it is a simple job so works in hand"

$46K Jamba Juice General Manager in San Leandro, CA ·

-$9K (17%) less than average Jamba Juice General Manager salary ($55K)

"My rate is extremely low."

$41K Jamba Juice General Manager ·

-$14K (29%) less than average Jamba Juice General Manager salary ($55K)

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$55K Ruby Tuesday's Average General Manager Salary (82 salaries)

Equal to national average General Manager salary ($55K)

+$25K (58%) more than average Ruby Tuesday salary ($30K)

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$72K Ruby Tuesday General Manager in Elizabeth, NJ ·

+$17K (26%) more than average Ruby Tuesday General Manager salary ($55K)

"I took less because the brand started to struggle around the end part of 2016. I also wanted to reach a goal and bonus expectation so I tried to keep my management-labor down."

$70K Ruby Tuesday General Manager in Elizabeth, NJ ·

+$15K (24%) more than average Ruby Tuesday General Manager salary ($55K)

"The company was and is struggling but I believed in the concept and wanted to push it forward"

$61K Ruby Tuesday General Manager ·

+$6K (10%) more than average Ruby Tuesday General Manager salary ($55K)

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$60K Japanese Car Bazaar's Average General Manager Salary (2 salaries)

+$5K (8%) more than national average General Manager salary ($55K)

+$6K (10%) more than average Japanese Car Bazaar salary ($54K)

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$60K Japanese Car Bazaar General Manager in Salt Lake City, UT ·

Equal to average Japanese Car Bazaar General Manager salary ($60K)

"Well, I consider pay goes with the ability of the company, I deal with my supervisor as a friend, we never had issue with the pay, they take care of me and I love contributing to the company to my utmost ability as being my own, when the company gets stronger and be able to increase the pay, I would be compensated better."

$60K Japanese Car Bazaar General Manager in Salt Lake City, UT ·

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"Due to the economy, I don't blame anyone for the salary they give, it has just been very hard in the last few years to be able to compensate all workers due their worth. "