Operations Manager salary: $145K median
From 545 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$145Kmedian advertised salary
$108K – $182Kmiddle half of roles
$150Kaverage advertised salary
545roles counted
Operations Manager salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $186K, 20% more than senior roles ($156K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $156K | $144K–$190K | 76 |
| Lead and above | $186K | $142K–$222K | 112 |
| No level in title | $131K | $99K–$162K | 355 |
Operations Manager salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $168K | 179 |
| 🇺🇸California | $160K | 211 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $146K | 508 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $146K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $142K | 127 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $142K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles | $130K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $126K | 28 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago | $115K | 23 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor | $275K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $266K | 16 |
| Anthropic | $258K | 9 |
| Justworks | $252K | 5 |
| Socure | $231K | 3 |
| Databricks | $214K | 3 |
| Roblox | $212K | 3 |
| Cloudflare | $207K | 5 |
| Scale AI | $204K | 3 |
| Pure Storage | $203K | 5 |
| Harvey | $200K | 7 |
| Waymo | $195K | 9 |
| Sierra | $195K | 3 |
| Fivetran | $192K | 8 |
| Airbnb | $180K | 3 |
| Horizon3ai | $174K | 4 |
| Zip | $171K | 5 |
| Zoox | $170K | 3 |
| Plaid | $170K | 4 |
| Chime | $169K | 3 |
| DoorDash USA | $168K | 3 |
| Re:Build Manufacturing | $168K | 4 |
| Figure | $162K | 4 |
| Mochi Health | $159K | 4 |
| Asana | $158K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Operations Manager roles
All operations manager jobs- Chief Operating Officer (COO)Spaulding Ridge · 🇺🇸Anywhere in the US- Remote$400K - $500KRemoteLead
- Talent Operations Associate, AmericasCheckout.com · 🇲🇽Home-based, Mexico$412K - $485K
- General Manager, Health, Beauty & Wellness Services (Chicago or New York)Groupon · 🇺🇸Chicago (35 W. Wacker Dr.)$257K - $406K
- Operations LeadRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$200K - $380KLeadMachine LearningLLM
- Data Operations Manager, Human DataAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$270K - $365KPythonSQLLLM
- General Manager, SandboxesBlacksmith · 🇺🇸New York City$250K - $350KGitHub Actions
- Cyber Operations Lead, Critical Harm OperationsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$252K - $335KLead
- Legal Innovation & Operations LeadBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$218K - $327KLead
- Product Operations Manager, EmbeddedAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$260K - $325KGoLLM
- Compensation Programs & Operations LeadOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$270K - $320KLeadWorkday
- Model Operations Lead, AI GatewayCloudflare · In-Office$230K - $317KLeadRustPythonTypeScript
- Research Operations ManagerDoorDash USA · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA ; Sunnyvale, CA; New York, NY$209K - $307KLLM
- Strategy & Operations Director, Global Supply Chain OperationsPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$247K - $301KLead
- Solutions Strategy & Operations ManagerCursor · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$250K - $300K
- Customer Success Strategy & Operations ManagerCursor · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$250K - $300KSQLAgile
- Business Operations ManagerGoodfire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$175K - $300KMachine Learning
- Principal Product Operations ManagerSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$247K - $297KLeadSQLAzureLLM
- Sales Operations ManagerFigma · 🇺🇸New York, NY • United States$140K - $296KSQL
- General Manager, Re:Build AppliedLogixRe:Build Manufacturing · 🇺🇸United States$192K - $288KLinux
- Head of Operations, Care DeliveryHinge Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco-HQ$190K - $284KLeadGo
Questions about Operations Manager pay
- What is the average Operations Manager salary?
- $150K a year on average and $145K at the median, across 545 open Operations Manager postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $108K to $182K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Operations Manager pay?
- Cursor ($275K), OpenAI ($266K), Anthropic ($258K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Operations Manager roles at tech companies is $145K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $108K to $182K. Counted from 545 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/operations-manager/
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