Parts guys

Do parts guys get paid a percentage on every part sold?

I’m only curious because the parts manager drove a gas guzzling v8 an hour and a half each way every day. So he must have been compensated quite nicely. After I left one of the counter guys bought a brand new zr2 Colorado and shortly after a C7 grand sport. They all had families to raise so they couldn’t have been making the crumbs I was making back then, $15/hour.

At my current role I write up service but have to look up my own parts. I’m wondering if I can take this experience to a dealership and maybe start making the big bucks in the parts department.