Operations salary in United States

1,217 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 $72K and $162K. These figures cover the 1,825 open operations jobs in United States, of which 67% 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 17 Oct 2026.

1,825

open jobs

382

employers

$115K

median pay (1217 ranges)

135

remote

Advertised pay, yearly

$73K

25th percentile

$115K

Median

$163K

75th percentile

By level

Internship

$52K

$46K – $62K · 38

Entry level

$46K

$40K – $73K · 102

Mid level

$98K

$68K – $131K · 492

Senior

$120K

$95K – $151K · 75

Staff/Principal

$90K

$79K – $191K · 25

Manager

$145K

$106K – $185K · 383

Director

$195K

$164K – $238K · 71

Executive

$195K

$126K – $259K · 31

Top employers

Skills asked for most

sql 227 sourcing 187 negotiation 142 python 118 recruiting 105 accounting 89 saas 89 customer success 80 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 1,217 postings with a published range. Half of them fall between $72K 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 (492 postings); senior $120K (75 postings); staff/principal $90K (25 postings); manager $145K (383 postings); director $195K (71 postings); executive $195K (31 postings).

Who is hiring operations staff in United States?

382 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 55 Operations salary in Canada 51 Operations salary in Germany 9 Operations salary in Australia 8 Operations salary in Spain 7

Other salaries in United States

Healthcare salary 1,133 Software Engineering salary 2,526 Sales salary 2,417 Nursing & Care salary 1,224 Engineering (General) salary 1,881 Retail & Stores salary 1,269 Marketing salary 954 Finance & Accounting salary 954 Security salary 999 Hospitality & Food Service salary 784 DevOps & SRE salary 842 Data Science & ML salary 745

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