General Manager salary
What a general manager actually earns, from 138 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-22.
Switch the market above to see general manager pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A general manager earns a blended US median near 137,611 dollars, with the typical middle running from 79,967 dollars to 192,118 dollars. The official OEWS median is 102,950 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 2 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 80,000 dollars to 166,000 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 10% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is real estate agent, at 52 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open general manager roles
Live openings, freshest first. Apply at the source.
- Branch Manager*in am Standort Osnabrück at Annette Wittram - AWi Personalvermittlung und BewerbercoachingOsnabrück1d agoApply
- Regional Director at Merit Systems Protection BoardPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$152k–$228k1d agoApply
- Stv. Geschäftsführer kontrollierter Betonrückbau (m/w/d) at BETONCOUPE AGSchönenwerd, Solothurn, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Stv. Geschäftsführer Kanal-Service (m/w/d) at KA-TE Insituform AGWaldkirch, St. Gallen, Switzerland1d agoApply
Geschäftsführer :in mit Fokus Operations ? Mechatronics at Consult & Pepper AGSchaan, FL, Switzerland1d agoApply- Geschäftsführer:in Klimalösungen at Röthlisberger Schreinerei AGGümligen, Bern, Switzerland1d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$79,967$137,611$192,118
- United Kingdom$52,652$66,898$93,657
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- New Jersey$149,990
- Delaware$136,900
- Colorado$130,340
- New York$129,990
- California$125,240
- Massachusetts$123,850
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Quick answers
How much does a general manager make?
The blended US median is about 137,611 dollars, with a typical range from 79,967 dollars to 192,118 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 102,950 dollars.
Is general manager a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 10% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a general manager move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is real estate agent, at 52 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 11-1021. Live corpus 138 observations, 2026-09-22. Definitions in the glossary.