H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 11-1021Rank #26Updated Jun 2026

General and Operations Managers

H-1B prevailing-wage data for General and Operations Managers (SOC 11-1021). Based on 52,572 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$159,100
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$130,000
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$187,293
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
1,290
Rank #26 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I3,753$66,560$87,162$112,278
Level II5,206$100,092$130,666$161,355
Level III5,701$118,518$145,891$173,000
Level IV5,345$141,750$167,750$200,000
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$66,560$87,162$112,278
Level II$100,092$130,666$161,355
Level III$118,518$145,891$173,000
Level IV$141,750$167,750$200,000

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA9,026$123,000
2NY7,231$120,000
3TX5,734$117,000
4IL2,958$117,000
5PA2,835$107,661
6FL2,727$96,000
7NJ2,515$120,973
8GA2,083$108,514
9MA1,718$115,000
10VA1,286$102,501

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$85k
FY2011$88k
FY2012$93k
FY2013$100k
FY2014$100k
FY2015$106k
FY2016$105k
FY2017$100k
FY2018$107k
FY2019$110k
FY2020$128k
FY2021$130k
FY2022$144k
FY2023$143k
FY2024$143k
FY2025$143k
FY2026$159k
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