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Operations Manager salary in United States

In the U.S., general and operations managers (SOC 11-1021) earned a median $105,770 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 117 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $151,500. The middle half of those ads list $125,000 to $172,500, based on 117 salaries from 56 employers, updated 22 Oct 2026.

Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

General and Operations Managers: official U.S. pay, May 2025

In the U.S., general and operations managers (SOC 11-1021) earned a median $105,770 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 117 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $151,500.

10th percentile
$50,090
25th percentile
$72,320
Median
$105,770
75th percentile
$167,280
90th percentile
$253,390

Jobiba's job-ad median is 43% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are Brex, DoorDash USA and Harvey. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.

Occupation: General and Operations Managers (SOC 11-1021) · 3,503,020 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation across the U.S., all industries and employer sizes (self-employed excluded) — not only jobs that are advertised. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (public domain), retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Median in job ads
$151,500
a year
12-month range
High $152,500
Aug 2026
Low $145,000 · Sep 2026
Salaries
117
from 56 employers
Last updated
22 Oct 2026
12-month window to 22 Oct 2026

Salary range

Where listed pay sits

USD · per year
10th percentile
$99,852
25th percentile
$125,000
Median
$151,500
75th percentile
$172,500
90th percentile
$194,580

117 salaries · 463 live United States jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.

Based on 117 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026

Salary brackets

Operations Manager salary brackets in United States

How the 117 comparable salary observations behind the percentile band above spread across USD pay brackets, annualised and United States only. Shares are of observations, not of employers.

Operations Manager salary observations by pay bracket in United States, USD per year
Pay bracketRelative sizeShare and count of listings
Under $80K3% 4 listings
$80K–$100K7% 8 listings
$100K–$120K11% 13 listings
$120K–$140K18% 21 listings
$140K–$160KMedian here20% 23 listings
$160K–$180K18% 21 listings
$180K–$200K14% 17 listings
$200K and over9% 10 listings

Brackets are equal-width and rounded; the open-ended rows collect the lowest and highest observations, and the bracket that holds the median is highlighted. Same cohort and outlier rules as the percentiles above.

Salary by experience

How Operations Manager pay changes with experience in United States

Pay by the experience level employers state in their job posts, from salaries listed in the last 12 months. A level appears only with at least 8 salaries.

Operations Manager salary by experience level in United States, USD per year
Experience levelPay range chartMedian pay
Mid level$89,125–$152,000 · 13 salaries$111,000
Senior level$133,975–$193,900 · 59 salaries$167,500

One shared scale, $84.9K to $198.1K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.

Salary by place

Operations Manager salary by city

Cities in United States that have enough salaries for their own page. Each place is its own group of salaries in one currency. Places in another currency are listed separately, never converted.

Operations Manager salary by city, USD per year
CityPay range chartMedian pay
New York$100,000–$166,500 · 23 salaries$134,244
San Francisco$158,125–$190,725 · 22 salaries$171,000

One shared scale, $96.4K to $194.4K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.

Salary by company

What companies pay a Operations Manager in United States

Employers with at least 5 listed salaries for this role; those with 8 or more link to their own salary page. The sparkline is the company's monthly median where it has enough salaries.

Operations Manager salary by company in United States, USD per year
CompanyPay range chartMedian pay
Brex$122,000–$134,244 · 16 salaries$134,244
DoorDash USA$146,575–$168,000 · 7 salaries$168,000
Harvey$194,300–$194,300 · 6 salaries$194,300

One shared scale, $119.1K to $197.2K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.

Skills and pay

Skills linked to higher Operations Manager pay in United States

How much higher or lower the median is for job posts that mention a skill. It shows an association, not a guarantee: better-paid jobs often bundle several scarce skills with senior scope. Skills with fewer than 8 salaries are left out.

Skills and their pay premium for Operations Manager in United States
SkillPay premium chartPay premium
project managementmedian $171,000 · 15 salariesup +12.9%
crmmedian $171,000 · 13 salariesup +12.9%
logisticsmedian $161,700 · 10 salariesup +6.7%
aimedian $151,533 · 92 salariesflat 0.0%
financemedian $151,533 · 55 salariesflat 0.0%
salesforcemedian $151,533 · 35 salariesflat 0.0%
recruitmentmedian $147,500 · 18 salariesdown −2.6%
excelmedian $145,000 · 34 salariesdown −4.3%

Pay listed by employers

Latest Operations Manager jobs that show their pay in United States

Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.

Evidence

Where these numbers come from

117 salaries from 56 employers, posted between 22 Oct 2025 and 22 Oct 2026. Last updated 22 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.

  • Employer hiring-system feeds 86%
  • Pay read from posting text 7%
  • Other sources 7%
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Live jobs

Operations Manager jobs in United States

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What this number does—and does not—mean

The range summarizes salary-listed Jobiba jobs in United States. It is not a promise of what one employer will pay, and it is not converted from another country's currency. Experience, city, seniority, skills and company can move an individual offer materially.

Frequently asked questions

Operations Manager salary in United States: common questions

What is the average Operations Manager salary in United States in 2026?

In the U.S., general and operations managers (SOC 11-1021) earned a median $105,770 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 117 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $151,500. The middle half of those job ads pay between $125,000 and $172,500 a year (25th to 75th percentile).

Why is Operations Manager pay in job ads different from the BLS figure?

Jobiba's job-ad median is 43% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are Brex, DoorDash USA and Harvey. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.

How much does an entry-level Operations Manager earn in United States compared with experienced hires?

By experience level in the postings Jobiba could classify: Mid level: $111,000 median (13 postings); Senior level: $167,500 median (59 postings). Bands with too few postings are not shown.

Which cities pay the most for Operations Manager jobs?

Among cities with enough USD salary data on Jobiba, the highest medians are San Francisco ($171,000 median, 22 postings), New York ($134,244 median, 23 postings). Salaries are compared in their listed currency, without conversion.

How does Jobiba calculate Operations Manager salary in United States?

From 117 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.

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