Also called: Dealer GM, Dealer Principal
Runs a car dealership: sales, service, finance, used cars, and staff.
You review yesterday's sales and the service department's numbers, approve trade-in values, coach sales managers, and meet with the automaker's rep about next quarter's inventory.
Estimated; pay is heavily commission and bonus based.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 10 years after high school. Usually years of dealership experience; a business degree helps.
Ways in: On-the-job training, 4-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration, Marketing.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Online car buying and AI sales tools shrink some roles; leading staff, inventory bets and profit stay human.
Classes: Business, Accounting, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-1021.
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