Many owners say they don't make the millions that many people think they do. While owning a marijuana business sounds like the ultimate counterculture move, it brings a mountain of headaches. A tedious job for sure, but it beats working at McDonald’s, and it's an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the business and work your way up. It's critical to only get what is needed and not waste any of the plant. In a medical dispensary, a trimmer takes the plant and with little scissors cuts the flower from the stem. Some get paid by the pound and that can run to $100-$200 a pound. In Vegas where service jobs are in high demand, $13 an hour is the general wage. It tends to be the lowest paid job in the industry - a bud trimmer in California may make $12-$13 an hour.
This is the entry level job working with the plant. Consistency and quality are the name of the game. While there are expensive machines that do the actual extraction, it requires a person with the knowledge and experience to make sure the product being delivered to a patient or customer is exactly what it is. Some states don't like the idea of people smoking pot for medical purposes and like the state of New York have only legalized medical marijuana in the extract form. They can earn between $75,000 and $125,000 a year. Peterson said many of the people he hires for this job have PhD’s. These “extract artists” have a unique set of skills. Most people only think of marijuana in the plant form, however marijuana extracts are a growing side of the business, amounting to 40% of sales at some stores. Managers can also climb the green ladder and end up overseeing several locations. Many get vacation pay and health insurance just like a traditional job. When you consider that some stores in California have sales of $3 million to $6 million a year, while some San Francsico Bay area stores do $7 million to $10 million a year, that bonus can be pretty good. At minimum, they can earn $75,000 a year and many get a bonus on top of that based on the store's sales. These employees can do very well, especially in profitable stores. Like any retail operation, a medical dispensary or recreational outlet needs a manager. He also thinks that as more states legalize marijuana, California won't be the only place to find a master grower. “It's a pretty specific skill set and over time I expect the recreational marijuana will shape up with celebrity cultivators like celebrity chefs,” said Peterson. They are used to working on their own and making great wages. They've had more time to develop their skills and reputation. Peterson said that for the time being all the good cultivators come from California. At minimum they can command a salary of $100,000 a year and a percentage of the profit. Grow masters are in high demand and it's a seller's market. Peterson likens it to being a master chef.
The grow master is the person responsible for cultivating various strains of marijuana plants. help customers purchase recreational marijuana. 1, 2015, file photo, employees of Amazon Organics, a pot dispensary in Eugene, Ore.
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