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Operations Manager salary in the US

Median annual salary for Operations Manager in the US across junior, middle, and senior levels, with sources and an interactive calculator.

$United States

Junior

$75 000 – $95 000

Middle

$95 000 – $130 000

Senior

$130 000 – $175 000

Source: ГородРабот, BLS, Glassdoor 2025

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Operations Manager · United States

$95 000 – $130 000

Estimated annual Middle salary

Junior$75 000 – $95 000
Middle$95 000 – $130 000
Senior$130 000 – $175 000

Source: ГородРабот, BLS, Glassdoor 2025

What drives pay for Operations Manager in the US

For a Operations Manager in the United States, pay runs from $75 000 – $95 000 at entry level to $130 000 – $175 000 for senior practitioners, with an overall span of $75 000 – $175 000 according to ГородРабот, BLS, Glassdoor 2025. Demand for the role is steady, so where you land inside the band depends more on demonstrated skill and the scope of responsibility you take on than on years in the field alone.

The United States: figures are gross annual salaries in USD, typically quoted as base pay before bonuses and equity. Coastal tech hubs — the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Seattle — set the top of the band, while remote-first employers have broadened access to senior-level pay across lower-cost states. Use the calculator below to place yourself: pick a level and compare it against the other regions, so you can tell at a glance where an offer is fair and where it's worth pushing back on.

Most of the lifetime earnings growth happens in the jump from junior to middle: the mid-level band sits at $95 000 – $130 000, and reaching it usually follows a year or two of real, shipped work. That makes the early months disproportionately valuable — the projects you deliver now compound into the band you can negotiate next.

Operations Manager

Operations managers are the people who make a company actually run. Every process that got faster, every cost that came down, every team that hit its targets had an operations manager behind it — owning the workflows, reading the numbers, removing the blockers, and turning strategy into daily execution. It is one of the largest management roles in the economy, and the skills compound for anyone who likes systems, metrics, and getting things done through people.

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