I know/knew shift managers in the Los Angeles area (Downtown, South Central, Beverly Hills/Century City/Westwood, and West LA), Oakland/Berkely, Cleveland/East Cleveland, and Atlanta.
They make good money, especially considering that many of them never went to college and some did not finish high school. A lot of them have been promoted into restaurant or regional manager positions.
Salaries at the managerial level start of lockstep but quickly become merit-based, that is, in order to earn substantially more than a standard employee, they must prove that they are substantially higher performing than a standard employee (in the managerial sense, not on an hours basis). A good manager is like a multiplier on his/her employees' work output, so the salaries for managers generally reflect the multiplier they generate.
They make good money, especially considering that many of them never went to college and some did not finish high school. A lot of them have been promoted into restaurant or regional manager positions.
Salaries at the managerial level start of lockstep but quickly become merit-based, that is, in order to earn substantially more than a standard employee, they must prove that they are substantially higher performing than a standard employee (in the managerial sense, not on an hours basis). A good manager is like a multiplier on his/her employees' work output, so the salaries for managers generally reflect the multiplier they generate.