General and Operations Managers salary

SOC 11-1021 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$105,770

per year, nationally

Middle half

$72,320–$167,280

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

3.5M

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.4%

308,700 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$50,090$253,390

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

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: 5 years or more
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where general and operations managers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New Jersey	$173,690	108.8	53,000	0.55×
2	District of Columbia	$168,000	109.9	36,150	2.29×
3	South Dakota	$137,400	88.6	4,280	0.42×
4	Connecticut	$137,220	103.6	39,070	1.02×
5	Delaware	$137,220	99.8	5,000	0.46×
6	Washington	$133,750	107.0	50,630	0.63×
7	Colorado	$131,840	103.1	41,870	0.65×
8	New York	$130,860	107.9	206,740	0.95×
9	Massachusetts	$127,220	105.8	95,880	1.17×
10	New Hampshire	$124,680	104.2	22,110	1.44×
11	California	$124,390	110.7	300,840	0.73×
12	Virginia	$122,080	101.1	103,590	1.12×
13	Wisconsin	$118,730	94.1	36,910	0.56×
14	Maryland	$117,930	105.0	96,740	1.55×
15	Rhode Island	$117,380	102.3	9,150	0.81×
16	Alaska	$116,630	102.4	6,020	0.82×
17	Alabama	$111,790	88.8	30,170	0.63×
18	Hawaii	$108,180	110.0	13,380	0.95×
19	Indiana	$108,170	93.3	47,180	0.65×
20	Tennessee	$106,970	91.9	63,720	0.86×
21	Mississippi	$106,680	87.0	10,630	0.41×
22	South Carolina	$106,080	93.7	32,230	0.62×
23	Georgia	$103,730	96.3	111,060	1.01×
24	Illinois	$103,570	100.0	171,300	1.25×
25	Oregon	$103,490	103.4	36,190	0.82×
26	Texas	$103,230	97.1	431,310	1.36×
27	Pennsylvania	$103,130	97.6	172,010	1.26×
28	North Carolina	$101,950	94.3	63,740	0.57×
29	Louisiana	$101,790	88.2	43,220	0.99×
30	Florida	$101,580	103.4	236,290	1.06×
31	Wyoming	$99,700	92.7	7,470	1.18×
32	Michigan	$99,530	96.2	85,860	0.87×
33	Nevada	$99,390	100.0	38,920	1.11×
34	Minnesota	$99,340	98.6	72,860	1.10×
35	Maine	$98,860	97.0	14,770	1.02×
36	Vermont	$98,640	98.0	8,000	1.17×
37	New Mexico	$98,630	92.2	16,330	0.83×
38	North Dakota	$98,170	89.0	11,150	1.15×
39	Utah	$97,850	98.9	42,580	1.09×
40	Ohio	$97,700	92.8	153,160	1.22×
41	Arizona	$94,800	100.7	110,480	1.51×
42	Kansas	$92,840	90.1	24,660	0.76×
43	Montana	$91,380	94.6	11,840	1.03×
44	Oklahoma	$90,430	87.8	43,890	1.14×
45	Iowa	$87,690	87.8	30,760	0.88×
46	Nebraska	$85,090	90.1	24,030	1.04×
47	West Virginia	$82,500	89.5	15,300	0.97×
48	Idaho	$80,390	95.5	24,880	1.29×
49	Kentucky	$79,370	90.2	52,100	1.16×
50	Missouri	$79,300	90.8	109,020	1.65×
51	Arkansas	$74,050	86.9	34,570	1.18×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where general and operations managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for general and operations managers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$181,450	103.2	3,100	0.57×
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$163,860	110.4	17,230	0.67×
3	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$157,000	112.6	177,850	0.83×
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$156,460	108.9	112,530	1.59×
5	Boulder, CO	$152,100	105.2	2,750	0.63×
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$149,990	115.6	43,520	0.81×
7	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$148,080	102.7	13,370	0.99×
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$146,030	111.1	29,370	0.62×
9	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$142,730	90.6	1,730	0.43×
10	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$142,330	105.8	22,940	0.63×
11	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$137,980	105.6	1,370	0.65×
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$137,230	106.9	11,140	1.22×
13	Huntsville, AL	$136,340	93.1	4,050	0.67×
14	New Haven, CT	$134,450	104.6	5,750	0.91×
15	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$133,800	108.3	70,950	1.16×
16	Midland, TX	$132,420	95.8	4,830	1.75×
17	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$131,810	98.9	1,590	0.42×
18	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$130,900	99.8	3,370	0.93×
19	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$130,460	100.1	1,550	0.53×
20	Rapid City, SD	$130,410	89.2	700	0.42×
21	Vineland, NJ	$130,180	96.0	550	0.39×
22	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$126,870	100.4	2,140	0.75×
23	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$126,680	102.4	710	0.60×
24	Madison, WI	$126,620	97.3	5,130	0.56×
25	Bellingham, WA	$125,840	103.3	1,270	0.62×
26	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$125,830	113.6	104,610	0.74×
27	Longview-Kelso, WA	$125,600	97.5	600	0.65×
28	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$125,490	96.9	10,480	0.57×
29	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$124,990	105.7	4,990	1.11×
30	Birmingham, AL	$123,560	91.6	7,950	0.68×
31	Greeley, CO	$123,100	100.2	1,660	0.62×
32	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$122,210	103.7	3,670	1.25×
33	Sheboygan, WI	$122,130	94.0	690	0.51×
34	Elkhart-Goshen, IN	$122,070	90.3	1,640	0.57×
35	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$121,630	102.6	68,730	1.05×
36	Janesville-Beloit, WI	$121,540	93.7	830	0.53×
37	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$121,050	105.4	21,070	0.77×
38	Colorado Springs, CO	$120,770	100.7	4,580	0.64×
39	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$120,480	95.7	17,510	0.70×
40	Anchorage, AK	$120,030	105.4	3,290	0.82×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where general and operations managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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