LORELAI: Oh, but I am good for the money. I, uh, pay off all my debts and I work really hard. I’ve been the executive manager of the Independence Inn for the last four years now.
We now learn that Lorelai has been the executive manager at the Independence Inn since early 1998. We don’t know what her position was before that, but the pay was good enough that Lorelai was able to buy a house even before her promotion.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 