General and Operations Managers · SOC 11-1021

General and Operations Manager Salary in the St. Louis Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025St. Louis, MO-IL metro area

Figures describe the St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not St. Louis city limits.

Median annual wage$93,140
Median hourly wage$44.78

General and Operations Managers in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area earned a median of $93,140 per year ($44.78 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $45,690 at the 10th percentile to $210,790 at the 90th. BLS estimates 46,410 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of General and Operations Managers in the St. Louis metro area earn more than $93,140 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $61,400 and $134,690.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$45,690$61,400$93,140$134,690$210,790
Hourly$21.96$29.52$44.78$64.76$101.34

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.

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How this area compares

  • St. Louis metro areathis metro area
    $93,140 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $61,400 to $134,690
  • Missouristate (MO)
    $79,300 median for Missouri; middle half earns $54,850 to $123,340
  • $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 +17% vs Missouri overall and −12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

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

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 St. Louis metro area has the 256th-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 Missouri

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.

  • St. Louis metro areathis page
    $93,140 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $61,400 to $134,690
  • $90,490 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $61,410 to $140,870
  • $76,290 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $51,450 to $106,500
  • $76,170 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $51,290 to $109,660
  • $75,410 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $49,380 to $108,990
  • $74,790 median for Cape Girardeau metro area; middle half earns $50,960 to $107,340
  • $74,570 median for St. Joseph metro area; middle half earns $50,950 to $109,210

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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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.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.