Abstract: A shift lever apparatus for a vehicle may include a shift lever configured to pivot in an antero-posterior direction to select an automatic mode shift stage or move in a left-right direction to select a manual mode, a rotational terminal configured to be rotated with the shift lever together when the shift lever is pivoted. an engaging lever including a switching mechanism connected with the shift lever on a side thereof and allowing the manual mode to be selected when the shift lever moves in the left-right direction and including a common contact electrically connected with a rotational terminal when the shift lever selects the manual mode, and a fixed terminal to selectively contact the rotational terminal of the shift lever and configured to select a Park (P) stage or an up-shift/down-shift stage which is a manual mode shift stage as the shift lever moves.