Operations Manager salary
11 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Nov 3, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for operations manager roles at mid level across the United States: 87 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $109,683 and $149,500, with a median of $126,000.
Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $126,000 and senior $152,017. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 21% more.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 6 of the 11 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.
Operations Manager pay by specialization
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Live operations manager roles by marketing function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
11 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $109,683 – $149,500 | $126,000 | 87 |
| Canada · country-wide | Mid | CA$102,500 – CA$127,500 | CA$118,750 | 13 |
| United Kingdom · country-wide | Mid | £42,500 – £67,750 | £50,669 | 5hint |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $133,250 – $165,000 | $152,017 | 28 |
| Remote · United States | Mid | $112,300 – $140,625 | $115,000 | 23 |
| Remote · United States | Senior | $147,452 – $163,125 | $156,824 | 8hint |
| Los Angeles | Mid | $85,000 – $127,500 | $85,000 | 5hint |
| New York | Mid | $102,341 – $135,750 | $123,000 | 18 |
| New York | Senior | $147,405 – $151,533 | $151,533 | 5hint |
| San Francisco | Mid | $156,000 – $175,000 | $170,000 | 9hint |
| San Francisco | Senior | $151,533 – $168,225 | $155,716 | 6hint |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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Operations Manager vs adjacent roles
1 measured comparison| Compared role | Level | Operations Manager | Them | Gap | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing Operations Manager | Mid · US | $126,000 | $125,000 | similar pay | 87 / 53 |
Median vs median at the same level and country, employer-stated pay, 20+ postings on each side. Positive means operations manager pays more. Medians within 10% show as similar pay.
Open operations manager roles · 47 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $96,500–$168,370scale $50,000–$240,000
60 of 138 open roles. All operations manager jobs