Operations salary: $156K median
From 838 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$156Kmedian advertised salary
$120K – $194Kmiddle half of roles
$162Kaverage advertised salary
838roles counted
Operations salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $210K, 29% more than senior roles ($163K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $163K | $141K–$190K | 153 |
| Lead and above | $210K | $171K–$246K | 185 |
| No level in title | $138K | $108K–$170K | 486 |
Operations salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $186K | 249 |
| 🇺🇸California | $179K | 330 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $169K | 32 |
| 🇺🇸Boston | $165K | 21 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $157K | 790 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $156K | 139 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles | $154K | 40 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $140K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $135K | 26 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago | $115K | 42 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| LaunchDarkly | $286K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $266K | 16 |
| Anthropic | $245K | 11 |
| Goodfire | $238K | 3 |
| ClickHouse | $235K | 3 |
| Block | $232K | 3 |
| Suno | $226K | 3 |
| Omada Health | $222K | 4 |
| Sierra | $221K | 6 |
| Nuro | $220K | 6 |
| Summit Therapeutics | $214K | 4 |
| Waymo | $212K | 19 |
| Pure Storage | $211K | 8 |
| Adyen | $208K | 4 |
| Notion | $208K | 4 |
| Muon Space | $207K | 4 |
| ClearView Healthcare Partners | $205K | 5 |
| Databricks | $199K | 8 |
| Figma | $198K | 3 |
| Okta | $198K | 7 |
| Affirm | $195K | 5 |
| Fivetran | $192K | 9 |
| Zip | $190K | 3 |
| Justworks | $190K | 6 |
| Gainsight | $188K | 5 |
Highest-paying open Operations roles
All Operations jobs- Chief Technology OfficerGiveDirectly · Remote$366K - $518KRemoteLeadMachine Learning
- Vice President, Platform OperationsNetskope · 🇺🇸United States$298K - $500KLead
- Chief of StaffGoodfire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$300K - $500K
- Chief Commercial OfficerSummit Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Princeton, NJ (US)$400K - $480KLead
- Chief Revenue OfficerOmada Health · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$400K - $445KRemoteLead
- AI Infrastructure Operations, Demand PlanningAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$320K - $405KPythonSQLAI
- Senior Director, R&D Planning & OperationsOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$290K - $398KLeadMachine LearningLLMSnowflake
- Vice President, Strategic Program Management Office (SPMO)Agility Robotics · Remote$250K - $390KRemoteLeadJira
- Market Medical Officer, AtlanticOscar Health · Remote$291K - $381KRemote
- Market Medical Officer, CentralOscar Health · Remote$291K - $381KRemote
- Operations LeadRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$200K - $380KLeadMachine LearningLLM
- Director, Internal AI OperationsLaunchDarkly · 🇺🇸Remote - US$269K - $370KRemoteLeadPythonSnowflakeAI
- Chief of Staff to GM, AdsPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US$179K - $368K
- Senior Director, R&D Planning & OperationsOkta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois$258K - $355KLeadMachine LearningLLMSnowflake
- Senior Director, Global Field OperationsTemporal · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$240K - $350KRemoteLead
- Chief of Staff Director, ProductAffirm · 🇺🇸Remote US$255K - $335KRemoteLead
- Cyber Operations Lead, Critical Harm OperationsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$252K - $335KLead
- Trusted Access Lead, Critical Harm OperationsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$252K - $335KLead
- Director, Partner Execution OfficePure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$272K - $332KLead
- Chief of StaffLaunchDarkly · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States$241K - $331K
Questions about Operations pay
- What is the average Operations salary?
- $162K a year on average and $156K at the median, across 838 open Operations 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 $120K to $194K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Operations pay?
- LaunchDarkly ($286K), OpenAI ($266K), Anthropic ($245K), 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 roles at tech companies is $156K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $120K to $194K. Counted from 838 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/operations/
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