Car Stereo Installer Pay
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=11795
Printed Date: August 07, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Topic: Car Stereo Installer Pay
Posted By: mark241
Subject: Car Stereo Installer Pay
Date Posted: April 03, 2003 at 5:28 PM
Do car stereo installers make much money, can anyone give me a ballpark?
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Posted By: x6369x
Date Posted: April 03, 2003 at 5:54 PM
From the shops that I've worked @ in California, most pay a base pay + commission. Typical commission rates are about 40-50% of the labor total.
Examples: Head unit install = $30, commission = $15
Alarm install = $100, commission = $40.
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Posted By: mark241
Date Posted: April 03, 2003 at 5:57 PM
What about in the end (yearly pay)?
Posted By: x6369x
Date Posted: April 03, 2003 at 6:25 PM
Average would be between $2,000-3,000/month for a busy shop from what I've seen for shops in California.
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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: April 03, 2003 at 9:11 PM
That really depends on your experience and your shop.
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Posted By: AL4^RuNNer
Date Posted: April 03, 2003 at 9:29 PM
It all depends on your area a friend of mine that I used to work with. Got a job at an install place and they pay him on a fixed rate of $9.00 hr no comission or anything. But thats here in AL. Nick ------------- Eat, Drink, & Be Merry.......
Posted By: CCRoadshop
Date Posted: April 03, 2003 at 11:43 PM
fck i need to work me out in california...i get paid sh!t for the two years of work ive been doin.....and not only that i now install and sell on the sales floor with NO commission and no bonuses..lets just say i make under 11 dollars n hour!!! thas bullcrap
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Installer - Circuit City Roadshop(2 1/2 years n counting)
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Alpine CDA7894(soon to be the cda9815)
Pioneer XM unit(soon to be direct link alpine)
Audiovox 995C alarm/remote start
Posted By: TURBOTOM
Date Posted: April 04, 2003 at 11:49 AM
Where do you live Roadshop? Its not just CA, you just have to find a busy shop in your town that does good work. Custom work=$$$ I know Circuit City doesn't do any custom work.
Posted By: CCRoadshop
Date Posted: April 05, 2003 at 11:33 PM
I live in NH turbo........WE do the custom work if we need the labor...im bout ready to find a new job that pays more....
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Installer - Circuit City Roadshop(2 1/2 years n counting)
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Alpine CDA7894(soon to be the cda9815)
Pioneer XM unit(soon to be direct link alpine)
Audiovox 995C alarm/remote start
Posted By: ggrizzle
Date Posted: April 09, 2003 at 6:00 AM
I have been installing for almost 8 years now and I know there is some money to be made. I work a full time job(not installing) and install as much as comes my way. Sometimes,I make almost as much in my two days off as I do at a fourty hour a week job. The thing to keep in mind is that ,for me, it is seasonal. In the summer I make most of my money and in the winter I mostly get the people that just want a deck swap or an alarm here and there. I live in TX. Here there are alot of "ballers" and they want to spend money on there ride. I also think it depends on what all you can do, as far as what all you can install. If you can do full custom stuff there is a greater advantage. The shops out here charge two, three, even four hundred dollars to build a box. Just the plainest little box uphostered to match will be outragous. Boxes are difficult, but not that difficult. I hope you find the nice paying job you are looking for. Try the shops that are local and privately owned. Sometimes they are more appreciative of an installers skills. With over two years exper. you shouldn't have a problem.Good luck!!!!!!!!!!
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