Real salary data
What General and Operations Managers actually earn in 2026.
The median for General and Operations Manager is $124,800 across 3860 real salary records (H-1B visa filings and tech job postings), updated Aug 10, 2026.
01 / By source
Real salary bands, by source.
Bands come from 3860 real records. Each source has a different bias, disclosed below.
Density curve fitted to the observed quartiles (log-normal). $80,080–$180,000 contains the middle 50% of records in the best-represented source; the shape between them is an approximation.
| Source | Records | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-1B visa filings | 3,860 | $80,080 | $124,800 | $180,000 |
| Job postings | 21 | $42,120 | $62,400 | $120,000 |
| Tech job postings | 16 | $222,250 | $259,000 | $293,750 |
- H-1B visa filings (DOL) — over-represents visa-eligible roles (typically high-skill, high-wage)
- Job postings that disclose salary in the ad text
- Tech/startup job postings with published salary bands (Ashby ATS)
Salary data updated Aug 10, 2026. Bands are percentiles, not averages; n is the number of underlying records.
02 / By city
What General and Operations Managers earn, by city.
Real records; cities with at least 10 observations.
| City | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 476 | $105,000 – $205,000 | $150,000 |
| San Francisco, CA | 174 | $130,282 – $218,800 | $172,786 |
| Houston, TX | 128 | $80,600 – $169,156 | $119,093 |
| Miami, FL | 83 | $83,559 – $170,000 | $120,000 |
| Austin, TX | 78 | $98,882 – $209,822 | $153,750 |
| Brooklyn, NY | 76 | $88,750 – $172,125 | $130,000 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 76 | $79,588 – $186,250 | $135,294 |
| Chicago, IL | 47 | $97,864 – $201,000 | $120,000 |
| Seattle, WA | 43 | $133,250 – $198,654 | $174,720 |
| Dallas, TX | 42 | $83,964 – $157,500 | $118,739 |
| Denver, CO | 35 | $110,000 – $192,500 | $150,000 |
| Atlanta, GA | 33 | $60,000 – $145,000 | $93,704 |
03 / By state
What General and Operations Managers earn, by state.
| State | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 858 | $102,762 – $196,766 | $145,300 |
| NY | 659 | $96,048 – $200,000 | $140,000 |
| TX | 498 | $79,305 – $170,872 | $113,740 |
| FL | 303 | $72,000 – $149,968 | $107,184 |
| NJ | 189 | $76,128 – $179,300 | $123,302 |
| IL | 115 | $70,000 – $180,000 | $100,000 |
| MA | 114 | $87,825 – $196,664 | $154,440 |
| GA | 108 | $63,750 – $133,120 | $95,000 |
| WA | 95 | $114,400 – $197,309 | $164,000 |
| VA | 68 | $72,399 – $161,075 | $105,000 |
| CO | 60 | $97,187 – $198,484 | $148,750 |
| MI | 60 | $89,128 – $170,000 | $127,556 |
04 / Context
How General and Operations Managers pay compares with similar roles.
| Profession | Risk | Median | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative Assistant | Critical | $52,000 | -1.6% (2024–34) |
| Compensation and Benefits Manager | Medium | $178,900 | +0.2% (2024–34) |
| Customer Service Representative | High | $41,080 | -5.5% (2024–34) |
| Data Entry Clerk | Critical | $59,571 | -25.9% (2024–34) |
| Executive Administrative Assistant | High | $75,000 | -1.6% (2024–34) |
05 / Next step
How to move up the pay band.
The skills below appear most often in higher-paid roles:
- 01Six Sigma
- 02SQL
- 03Excel
- 04Salesforce
- 05Workday
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- udemyCustomer Success Manager Mastery ProgramAdvanced
- udemyBecoming an Office ManagerIntermediate
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- udemyOperations Manager Course: Business Efficiency [EN]Intermediate
- udemyMaster System Center Operations Manager 2019Intermediate
06 / FAQ
Salary questions, answered.
01Why are the bands different from the BLS median?
The BLS median covers all General and Operations Manager in the US. These bands come from real records with known biases — H-1B filings skew to visa-eligible (high-skill) roles and tech postings skew to tech employers — so they sit above the national median. We disclose the source of every band.
02How often is this data updated?
The dataset refreshes weekly from live job postings and quarterly from new H-1B disclosures.