Salary
Average Salary: $54,000
Expected Lifetime Earnings: $2,254,392
The average hourly wage at Whole Foods is nineteen dollars per hour (source), but as a manager you'd likely make more than that. Leadership and management roles at Whole Foods start at the low end of that scale and can get up to around thirty-five dollars per hour (source).
The median salary of a manager at a general grocery store—mind you, not a super amazing, "conscious capitalist" organization like Whole Foods—makes $54,000 per year (source). At Whole Foods, a "team leader," which is Whole Foods-speak for "manager," makes a median salary of $66,000 per year (source).
Every payday, you'll have enough money to pay the mortgage and the utilities bill, the daycare bill, fill the tank up with gas, and then have a little left over to buy a six dollar carton of organic milk from the store that pays you.
So, you'll have no problem putting food on the table with this job. What if you need an emergency root canal? Good news: as a full-time employee, you can also expect some perks, usually including health and dental benefits. Typical health insurance for full-time employees includes vision, dental, and medical care for you and your dependents. It also includes vacations and holidays off (source).
Note that those benefits don't necessarily extend to part-time employees. Also, you won't get any matching from Whole Foods if you contribute to your 401(k). But who needs a retirement plan when you can buy a box of two-bite truffle brownies for only thirteen dollars instead of seventeen? What a steal.