I heard a rumor that a "head mechanic" at a dealership can make a pretty nice salary. Is this true? I'm wondering what most of them make and how many "head mechanics" most Dodge <edit> dealerships employ. Of course, the cost of living varies all across the country, but I wonder what some of the numbers are. Anybody know?

 

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Supply and demand dude!!!!!!!! If you don't like the price, go elsewhere!!!!

 

Whaaaaaaaat? I ain't dissing anybody, man. Just wondering what the salaries are like.

 

You can make a pretty good wage at some of the larger dealerships. Problem is.... buying all those expensive tools. Every year the manufacturers come out with a new fastener and ya gotta get the special tool to fit it. My nephew is a Mac Tool distributer, and even he says its a racket.
Not at all uncommon for a senior mechanic to have $70,000 + in tools and boxes.

 

But an individual working at a Dodge dealership wouldn't be expected to buy tools with his own money, would he???

 

YES!

I turned wrenches at dealers until '81.

I STILL have the special tools that I needed to buy back then to properly do my job.

 

pogo is right on ,i talked to my snap-on dealer one day and he said they have at least 7 engineers in detroit at any one time,working on new fastener designs.i'm surprised that they haven't come out with a 5 pointed torx bit just for dodge.

 

Wow. Just...wow. I just can't imagine a dealership expecting someone to start working there as a head mechanic and...bring his own tools. Goes to show how far removed I am from the world of mechanics.

 

Take a chill pill, sounds like he was just searching for some info on careers?? Aggiephil I would suggest look into heavy equipment mechanics and or heavy line trucks. Goodluck,,,, Rick

 

Usually a Lead Technician has many years of experience behind Him/Her and has collected the various tools necessary to perform the tasks assigned.
I've seen new Techs that had to bring in tool boxes on roll-back wreckers because they were as large as a mini-van.
MAJOR $$$$ in boxes, not including the tools inside.

 

A friend applied for a lead mechanic job at a Dodge dealer.
They were advertising $40k a year, when he went in to apply it turned out to make the $40k it was 12 hours 5 days a week and 4 on Sat. Even then you weren't gauranteed $40k because most of the work was piece work i.e. a brake pad replacement was paid for X amount of hours no matter how long it really takes you. Dodge corporate determines how many hours each job should take. Another thing he didn't like was if a repair didn't work he wouldn't get paid to do it again.
My friend decided it was better to be unemployed than work for the dealer.

 

15-20 per hr. here and you need your own basic tools, dealer supplies the specialty tools.

 

$26.00-$30.00 an hour. It depends on the area. You need your own basic tools, Hammer, screwdriver, cresent wrench, bailing wire and duct tape. And 2 very important things are how many ASE's you have, and a SMOG Lic.

 

I heard the figure of $70,000 per year. This seem close?

 

dont count on it......

You could probably make more $$ as a heavy duty mechanic