Pay distribution $79,610 10th $103,780 25th $206,710 75th $292,160 90th
Half of General and Operations Managers in the Seattle metro area earn more than $146,030 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $103,780 and $206,710.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $79,610 $103,780 $146,030 $206,710 $292,160 Hourly $38.27 $49.90 $70.21 $99.38 $140.46
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Seattle metro areathis metro area
$146,030 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $103,780 to $206,710
$133,750 median for Washington; middle half earns $101,030 to $188,290
$105,770 median for United States; middle half earns $72,320 to $167,280
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +9% vs Washington overall and +38% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $54,140 $96,577 $139,013 $181,450 Mayaguez, PR — $54,140 Arecibo, PR — $60,110 Hot Springs, AR — $62,810 Ponce, PR — $64,000 Aguadilla, PR — $67,030 Jonesboro, AR — $69,370 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $70,330 Bowling Green, KY — $71,170 Guayama, PR — $71,460 Owensboro, KY — $73,460 Eagle Pass, TX — $73,540 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $74,050 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $74,570 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $74,570 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $74,790 Twin Falls, ID — $75,140 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $75,350 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $75,370 Columbia, MO — $75,410 Paducah, KY-IL — $75,470 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $76,080 Jefferson City, MO — $76,170 Springfield, MO — $76,290 Wichita Falls, TX — $76,320 Homosassa Springs, FL — $76,610 Elizabethtown, KY — $76,770 Texarkana, TX-AR — $77,060 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $77,350 Flagstaff, AZ — $77,740 El Paso, TX — $77,770 Lawton, OK — $77,840 Pocatello, ID — $78,100 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $78,400 Laredo, TX — $78,640 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $78,740 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $78,970 Lewiston, ID-WA — $79,030 San Angelo, TX — $79,160 Clarksville, TN-KY — $79,320 Valdosta, GA — $79,440 Springfield, OH — $79,490 Hinesville, GA — $79,510 Grand Island, NE — $79,520 Mansfield, OH — $79,560 Beckley, WV — $79,770 Yuma, AZ — $79,990 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $80,050 Goldsboro, NC — $80,170 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $80,270 Victoria, TX — $80,280 Idaho Falls, ID — $80,380 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $80,440 Wheeling, WV-OH — $80,440 Lima, OH — $80,720 Lubbock, TX — $80,870 Sebring, FL — $81,020 Iowa City, IA — $81,120 Missoula, MT — $81,120 Bay City, MI — $81,450 Enid, OK — $81,520 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $81,660 Sandusky, OH — $81,790 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $81,800 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $81,830 Saginaw, MI — $81,950 Columbus, GA-AL — $82,330 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $82,400 Canton-Massillon, OH — $82,720 St. George, UT — $82,850 Flint, MI — $83,020 Charleston, WV — $83,190 Altoona, PA — $83,580 Tucson, AZ — $83,610 Boise City, ID — $83,680 Rome, GA — $83,750 Ocala, FL — $83,770 Savannah, GA — $83,990 Tyler, TX — $84,150 Traverse City, MI — $84,300 Grants Pass, OR — $84,700 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $84,770 Manhattan, KS — $84,990 Topeka, KS — $85,080 Lawrence, KS — $85,110 Wichita, KS — $85,230 Logan, UT-ID — $85,290 Albany, GA — $85,380 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $85,420 Rochester, MN — $85,650 Amarillo, TX — $85,770 Las Cruces, NM — $85,770 Niles, MI — $85,850 Duluth, MN-WI — $85,930 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $86,070 Abilene, TX — $86,200 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $86,200 Johnstown, PA — $86,370 Mankato, MN — $86,890 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $87,260 Warner Robins, GA — $87,260 College Station-Bryan, TX — $87,910 Killeen-Temple, TX — $87,920 Gettysburg, PA — $87,990 Hammond, LA — $87,990 Chambersburg, PA — $88,430 Great Falls, MT — $88,780 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $89,030 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $89,140 Morgantown, WV — $89,440 Longview, TX — $89,660 St. Cloud, MN — $89,700 Punta Gorda, FL — $89,820 Erie, PA — $89,840 Sherman-Denison, TX — $89,940 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $90,230 Wilmington, NC — $90,270 Kansas City, MO-KS — $90,490 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $90,500 Corpus Christi, TX — $90,600 Cedar Rapids, IA — $90,620 Omaha, NE-IA — $90,620 Jacksonville, NC — $91,100 Bangor, ME — $91,110 State College, PA — $91,120 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $91,140 Greenville, NC — $91,140 Gadsden, AL — $91,470 Salisbury, MD — $91,500 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $91,710 Jackson, MI — $91,950 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $92,420 Dubuque, IA — $92,530 Lincoln, NE — $92,780 Cleveland, TN — $92,800 Waco, TX — $92,990 Minot, ND — $93,120 St. Louis, MO-IL — $93,140 Johnson City, TN — $93,200 Albany, OR — $93,220 Gainesville, FL — $93,220 Bloomington, IL — $93,250 Lebanon, PA — $93,290 Kankakee, IL — $93,310 Corvallis, OR — $93,320 Morristown, TN — $93,420 Asheville, NC — $93,470 Bismarck, ND — $93,540 Ogden, UT — $93,610 Williamsport, PA — $93,610 Bend, OR — $93,660 Monroe, MI — $93,690 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $93,820 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $93,870 Dalton, GA — $94,050 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $94,170 Monroe, LA — $94,240 Burlington, NC — $94,250 Harrisonburg, VA — $94,320 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $94,400 Rocky Mount, NC — $94,610 Terre Haute, IN — $94,630 Albuquerque, NM — $94,640 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $94,730 Elmira, NY — $94,830 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $94,900 Port St. Lucie, FL — $94,910 Merced, CA — $94,990 Lynchburg, VA — $95,040 Toledo, OH — $95,120 Farmington, NM — $95,170 Tallahassee, FL — $95,250 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $95,370 Medford, OR — $95,630 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $95,640 Gainesville, GA — $95,710 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $95,790 Springfield, IL — $95,990 Decatur, IL — $96,120 Tulsa, OK — $96,150 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $96,220 Fargo, ND-MN — $96,410 Binghamton, NY — $96,420 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $96,450 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $96,610 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $96,730 Dothan, AL — $96,840 Winston-Salem, NC — $96,840 Fayetteville, NC — $96,970 Billings, MT — $96,980 Oklahoma City, OK — $97,110 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $97,290 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $97,350 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $97,360 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $97,450 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $97,470 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $97,480 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $97,600 Ames, IA — $97,700 Cleveland, OH — $97,750 Hattiesburg, MS — $97,860 Kokomo, IN — $97,930 Battle Creek, MI — $97,950 Cheyenne, WY — $97,980 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $98,030 Jackson, TN — $98,040 Roanoke, VA — $98,140 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $98,200 Pittsfield, MA — $98,210 Midland, MI — $98,270 Peoria, IL — $98,290 Akron, OH — $98,340 Utica-Rome, NY — $98,350 Alexandria, LA — $98,360 Chico, CA — $98,390 Rockford, IL — $98,390 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $98,430 Redding, CA — $98,510 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $98,540 Visalia, CA — $98,600 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $98,610 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $98,610 Glens Falls, NY — $98,650 Winchester, VA-WV — $98,670 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $98,780 Lancaster, PA — $98,810 El Centro, CA — $99,250 Lafayette, LA — $99,510 Florence, SC — $99,520 York-Hanover, PA — $99,640 Muncie, IN — $99,750 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $99,790 Sumter, SC — $99,850 Reading, PA — $99,920 Kingston, NY — $99,970 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $100,070 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $100,160 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $100,260 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $100,340 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $100,440 Barnstable Town, MA — $100,590 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $100,600 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $100,670 Pittsburgh, PA — $100,840 Jacksonville, FL — $100,870 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $100,930 Fresno, CA — $101,010 Tuscaloosa, AL — $101,210 Yuba City, CA — $101,210 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $101,260 Bloomington, IN — $101,310 Lake Charles, LA — $101,370 Casper, WY — $101,450 Helena, MT — $101,510 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $101,720 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $101,830 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $101,840 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $101,890 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $102,140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $102,260 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $102,310 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $102,360 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $102,450 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $102,510 Evansville, IN — $102,580 Columbus, OH — $102,590 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $102,670 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $102,770 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $102,920 Carson City, NV — $103,160 Bozeman, MT — $103,210 Ithaca, NY — $103,220 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $103,280 Eau Claire, WI — $103,330 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $103,380 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $103,570 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $103,670 Rochester, NY — $103,690 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $103,710 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $103,870 Columbia, SC — $103,950 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $104,010 Odessa, TX — $104,100 Modesto, CA — $104,330 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $104,460 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $104,500 Knoxville, TN — $104,590 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $104,730 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $105,040 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $105,110 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $105,360 Portland-South Portland, ME — $105,390 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $105,640 Salinas, CA — $105,680 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $105,770 Ann Arbor, MI — $106,000 Reno, NV — $106,050 Lexington Park, MD — $106,250 Kenosha, WI — $106,310 Springfield, MA — $106,390 Napa, CA — $106,680 Mobile, AL — $106,690 Walla Walla, WA — $106,690 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $106,740 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $106,750 Santa Fe, NM — $106,770 Grand Junction, CO — $107,130 Baton Rouge, LA — $107,140 Charlottesville, VA — $107,200 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $107,200 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $107,480 Wausau, WI — $107,550 Fort Wayne, IN — $107,780 Montgomery, AL — $107,980 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $108,010 Spartanburg, SC — $108,100 Syracuse, NY — $108,140 Richmond, VA — $108,670 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $109,260 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $109,390 Appleton, WI — $109,890 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $109,970 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $110,360 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $111,010 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $111,130 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $111,210 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $111,390 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $111,410 Worcester, MA — $111,900 Green Bay, WI — $112,500 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $112,730 Columbus, IN — $112,760 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $113,930 Urban Honolulu, HI — $113,940 Jackson, MS — $114,190 Pueblo, CO — $114,360 Fond du Lac, WI — $114,410 Vallejo, CA — $114,410 Salem, OR — $114,430 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $114,940 Fairbanks-College, AK — $114,990 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $117,040 Decatur, AL — $117,380 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $117,850 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $118,460 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $118,520 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $119,140 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $119,420 Yakima, WA — $119,470 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $119,600 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $119,600 Dover, DE — $119,990 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $119,990 Anchorage, AK — $120,030 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $120,480 Colorado Springs, CO — $120,770 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $121,050 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $121,540 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $121,630 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $122,070 Sheboygan, WI — $122,130 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $122,210 Greeley, CO — $123,100 Birmingham, AL — $123,560 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $124,990 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $125,490 Longview-Kelso, WA — $125,600 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $125,830 Bellingham, WA — $125,840 Madison, WI — $126,620 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $126,680 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $126,870 Vineland, NJ — $130,180 Rapid City, SD — $130,410 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $130,460 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $130,900 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $131,810 Midland, TX — $132,420 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $133,800 New Haven, CT — $134,450 Huntsville, AL — $136,340 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $137,230 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $137,980 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $142,330 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $142,730 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $146,030 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $148,080 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $149,990 Boulder, CO — $152,100 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $156,460 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $157,000 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $163,860 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $181,450 Seattle metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Seattle metro area has the 8th-highest published median for this occupation among the 392 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Washington Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for general and operations managers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Seattle metro areathis page
$146,030 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $103,780 to $206,710
$137,980 median for Bremerton metro area; middle half earns $103,830 to $163,280
$130,460 median for Kennewick metro area; middle half earns $97,930 to $178,100
$126,680 median for Mount Vernon metro area; middle half earns $98,930 to $170,600
$125,840 median for Bellingham metro area; middle half earns $93,790 to $180,530
$125,600 median for Longview metro area; middle half earns $91,800 to $167,920
$122,210 median for Olympia metro area; middle half earns $106,170 to $145,370
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .