Operations Manager salary
What an operations manager actually earns, from 621 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 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see operations manager pay in the 3 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
An operations manager earns a blended US median near 121,927 dollars, with the typical middle running from 79,568 dollars to 164,896 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 81,862 dollars to 139,800 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 13% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is marketing manager, at 32 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open operations manager roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
General Manager - New Product at OmazeLondonTodayApply
Operations Manager at DeliverooParis - Main OfficeTodayApply
Sr. Payroll Operations Analyst at Midi HealthUnited States · Remote$100k–$120kTodayApply
Remote IT Business Operations Manager at Global Channel Management, Inc.United States · RemoteTodayApply- Partner Operations Manager at DeliverooManchester - Main Office1d agoApply
- Strategy & Operations Manager, Subscription Value Prop & New Benefits at DeliverooLondon - The River Building HQ1d 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$79,568$121,927$164,896
- Canada$61,752$78,019$103,154
- United Kingdom$53,210$62,761$85,273
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 10'375/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 12 Führungskräfte im kaufmännischen Bereich: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 124'500 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- New Jersey$149,990
- California$142,816
- New York$132,728
- Colorado$130,340
- Washington$130,240
- Massachusetts$123,850
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness an operations manager profile already covers.
- 600 open product manager roles$171,066 median · +$49,139 · 38% readiness
- 600 open marketing manager roles$137,211 median · +$15,284 · 32% readiness
- 600 open project manager roles$126,568 median · +$4,641 · 45% readiness
- 600 open business analyst roles$122,331 median · +$404 · 55% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for an operations manager.
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Quick answers
How much does an operations manager make?
The blended US median is about 121,927 dollars, with a typical range from 79,568 dollars to 164,896 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 102,950 dollars.
Is operations manager a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 13% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can an operations manager move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is marketing manager, at 32 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 621 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.