Operations salary in United States

1,200 open operations postings in United States publish a pay range. Converted to a yearly figure, the median is $115K, and the middle half sits between $74K and $162K. These figures cover the 1,809 open operations jobs in United States, of which 66% show pay. Advertised ranges are what employers offer, not what people are paid, and senior roles publish pay less often.

Counted from live job postings on 17 Oct 2026; newest posted 16 Oct 2026.

1,809

open jobs

368

employers

$115K

median pay (1200 ranges)

130

remote

Advertised pay, yearly

$74K

25th percentile

$115K

Median

$163K

75th percentile

By level

Internship

$52K

$46K – $62K · 38

Entry level

$46K

$40K – $77K · 102

Mid level

$98K

$69K – $131K · 483

Senior

$119K

$95K – $150K · 76

Staff/Principal

$89K

$79K – $191K · 24

Manager

$145K

$108K – $186K · 378

Director

$195K

$164K – $242K · 69

Executive

$194K

$124K – $253K · 30

Top employers

Skills asked for most

sql 229 sourcing 183 negotiation 140 python 117 recruiting 104 accounting 88 saas 87 customer success 81 power bi 80 tableau 70

Questions people ask

What is the average operations salary in United States?

The median advertised pay is $115K a year, from 1,200 postings with a published range. Half of them fall between $74K and $162K.

How does operations pay change with seniority in United States?

Median by level: internship $52K (38 postings); entry level $46K (102 postings); mid level $98K (483 postings); senior $119K (76 postings); staff/principal $89K (24 postings); manager $145K (378 postings); director $195K (69 postings); executive $194K (30 postings).

Who is hiring operations staff in United States?

368 employers have open roles; the most active are SpaceX (186), Ryder (64), HelloFresh (59), Sephora (50) and Walmart (49).

Operations pay in other countries

Operations salary in United Kingdom 54 Operations salary in Canada 50 Operations salary in Germany 8 Operations salary in Australia 8 Operations salary in Spain 7

Other salaries in United States

Healthcare salary 1,089 Software Engineering salary 2,528 Sales salary 2,412 Nursing & Care salary 1,171 Engineering (General) salary 1,862 Retail & Stores salary 1,268 Marketing salary 950 Finance & Accounting salary 946 Security salary 989 DevOps & SRE salary 844 Hospitality & Food Service salary 765 Data Science & ML salary 747

Operations: jobs and interviews

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Operations salary in United States

Advertised pay, yearly

By level

Top employers

Skills asked for most

Questions people ask

Operations pay in other countries

Other salaries in United States

Operations: jobs and interviews

Pay tools

Operations salary in United States

Advertised pay, yearly

By level

Top employers

Skills asked for most

Questions people ask

Operations pay in other countries

Other salaries in United States

Operations: jobs and interviews

Pay tools

Latest jobs with pay shown