Operations salary in United States

1,213 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 1,820 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.

1,820

open jobs

373

employers

$115K

median pay (1213 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 – $75K · 102

Mid level

$98K

$69K – $131K · 487

Senior

$120K

$95K – $151K · 75

Staff/Principal

$89K

$79K – $191K · 24

Manager

$145K

$106K – $186K · 385

Director

$195K

$163K – $236K · 72

Executive

$194K

$124K – $253K · 30

Top employers

Skills asked for most

sql 226 sourcing 183 negotiation 140 python 117 recruiting 107 accounting 88 saas 86 power bi 80 customer success 78 tableau 70

Questions people ask

What is the average operations salary in United States?

The median advertised pay is $115K a year, from 1,213 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 (487 postings); senior $120K (75 postings); staff/principal $89K (24 postings); manager $145K (385 postings); director $195K (72 postings); executive $194K (30 postings).

Who is hiring operations staff in United States?

373 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 50 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 2,522 Sales salary 2,417 Nursing & Care salary 1,229 Engineering (General) salary 1,880 Retail & Stores salary 1,269 Marketing salary 953 Finance & Accounting salary 957 Security salary 1,004 Hospitality & Food Service salary 783 DevOps & SRE salary 842 Data Science & ML salary 743

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