How To Become A Pro Shop Manager: What It Is and Career Path

What is a pro shop manager and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a pro shop manager. For example, did you know that they make an average of $21.18 an hour? That's $44,060 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 6% and produce 189,200 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScorePro Shop ManagerUS Average

Salary

3.4

Avg. Salary $44,060

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

9.4

Growth rate 6%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

8.3

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.66%

Asian 6.39%

Black or African American 9.89%

Hispanic or Latino 14.62%

Unknown 4.74%

White 63.70%

Gender

female 32.40%

male 67.60%

Age - 42

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 42

Stress level

9.4

Stress level is very high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

5.2

Complexity level is intermediate

7 - challenging

Work life balance

4.6

Work life balance is fair

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a pro shop manager

Explore pro shop manager education requirements

Most common pro shop manager degrees

Bachelor's

67.1 %

Associate

18.3 %

High School Diploma

8.9 %

Start to develop specific pro shop manager skills

Skills	Percentages
Pro Shop Merchandise	29.92%
Customer Service	17.95%
Merchandise Sales	7.57%
POS	7.17%
Payroll	3.82%

Complete relevant pro shop manager training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 6-12 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New pro shop managers learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a pro shop manager based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real pro shop manager resumes.

Research pro shop manager duties and responsibilities

Manage gift registry for 48 stores consisting of 13,000 annual registries, $9.8MM in sales.
Monitor payroll and produce all monthly financial reports.
Inventory and purchasing; create inventory in company POS software and train personnel on its use.
Skil in working with POS (point of sale) management and inventory systems and analysis.

Apply for pro shop manager jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a pro shop manager job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

How do pro shop managers rate their job?

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Pro shop manager reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2020

Cons

over seeing employees, hard to find employees with good work ethics

A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2019

Pros

I like to tell tell people that a be manager a room to maltreat people under you. Also like been humble even though I am heading people because they can contribute ideas that makes you Excel in your position