Highest-paying Cities for General and Operations Managers

The top 100 highest paying cities for general and operations managers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of general and operations managers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $206,280, Los Alamos County, New Mexico is the highest paying city for general and operations managers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $154,820). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of general and operations managers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for General and Operations Managers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$206,280	$68,050	180
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$154,820	$69,290	17,570
3	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$147,000	$72,440	2,910
4	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$146,660	$59,430	19,610
5	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$146,490	$75,700	13,330
6	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$145,530	$67,290	12,880
7	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$143,840	$62,550	89,410
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$138,840	$61,150	96,210
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$138,250	$67,420	41,340
10	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$138,170	$63,190	57,710
11	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$134,310	$61,520	190,690
12	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$131,680	$65,000	27,020
13	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$131,090	$78,260	1,370
14	Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area 1, Puerto Rico	$130,250	$23,130	50
15	Boulder, Colorado	$129,510	$64,400	3,320
16	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$129,480	$65,410	10,900
17	Camden, New Jersey	$128,950	$70,610	5,220
18	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$128,820	$59,780	92,050
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$128,820	$66,050	31,520
20	Wilmington, New Jersey	$128,490	$69,100	3,270
21	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$127,250	$57,280	11,650
22	St Marys County, Maryland	$125,460	$61,940	670
23	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$125,360	$54,710	6,410
24	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$125,070	$59,780	13,380
25	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$124,260	$63,110	590
26	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$123,590	$59,120	19,040
27	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$123,340	$51,850	13,420
28	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$123,100	$60,570	9,060
29	Huntsville, Alabama	$122,780	$52,730	4,500
30	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$122,490	$57,750	41,160
31	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$122,390	$77,530	1,030
32	Framingham, Massachusetts	$121,480	$55,070	3,660
33	Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$120,570	$77,530	560
34	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$120,190	$63,020	24,210
35	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$120,070	$59,750	1,000
36	Wausau, Wisconsin	$119,480	$57,260	770
37	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$119,340	$56,060	24,490
38	Rapid City, South Dakota	$119,090	$71,950	610
39	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$118,990	$56,410	21,610
40	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$118,640	$62,670	1,740
41	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$118,550	$56,170	570
42	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$118,130	$52,970	37,280
43	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$117,120	$62,300	1,230
44	New Haven, Connecticut	$116,080	$57,440	6,700
45	Racine, Wisconsin	$115,820	$52,160	840
46	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$115,400	$54,390	4,540
47	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$113,800	$55,290	94,640
48	Madison, Wisconsin	$113,780	$59,990	4,580
49	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$113,620	$43,890	7,940
50	Greeley, Colorado	$113,430	$59,840	1,640
51	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$112,880	$47,210	77,300
52	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$112,620	$49,710	68,760
53	Appleton, Wisconsin	$112,000	$56,980	1,410
54	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$111,890	$57,680	15,060
55	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$111,840	$53,200	56,070
56	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$111,750	$51,130	28,550
57	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$111,210	$56,310	8,860
58	Nashua, New Hampshire	$111,100	$56,380	2,380
59	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$111,060	$54,700	1,740
60	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$110,910	$53,800	1,910
61	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$110,670	$52,850	12,880
62	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$110,580	$50,020	2,260
63	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$110,350	$43,790	1,160
64	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$110,220	$58,760	9,550
65	Dover, Delaware	$109,890	$61,680	570
66	Longview, Washington	$108,780	$58,000	570
67	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$108,490	$59,990	3,660
68	Napa, California	$108,400	$62,050	1,330
69	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$107,910	$57,940	1,200
70	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$107,890	$62,060	1,490
71	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$107,720	$49,750	102,100
72	Peabody, Massachusetts	$106,970	$49,680	1,780
73	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$106,880	$52,130	1,540
74	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$106,240	$55,120	2,700
75	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$105,970	$52,280	6,920
76	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$105,940	$53,020	7,770
77	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$105,570	$54,370	2,290
78	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$105,520	$50,380	26,350
79	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$105,180	$52,220	850
80	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$105,090	$49,870	14,560
81	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$104,900	$54,960	750
82	Knoxville, Tennessee	$104,870	$48,810	7,430
83	Manchester, New Hampshire	$104,690	$56,880	2,470
84	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$104,580	$47,100	4,700
85	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$104,370	$46,680	3,370
86	Olympia, Washington	$104,020	$73,250	3,260
87	Danbury, Connecticut	$103,810	$52,000	2,100
88	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$103,670	$52,220	1,660
89	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$103,630	$40,430	13,480
90	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$103,560	$53,630	11,510
91	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$103,470	$54,880	1,580
92	Spokane, Washington	$103,460	$56,130	3,750
93	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$103,450	$50,840	8,790
94	Memphis, Tennessee	$103,450	$46,460	11,660
95	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$103,430	$49,750	420
96	Decatur, Illinois	$103,290	$45,490	880
97	Worcester, Massachusetts	$103,250	$53,800	7,510
98	Charlottesville, Virginia	$103,080	$48,500	2,110
99	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$102,750	$55,140	3,090
100	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$102,560	$50,410	2,490

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